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1 Hearing I: Sound & The Ear Overview of Topics Chapter 5 in Chaudhuri Philosophical Aside: If a tree falls in the forest and no one is there to hear it... Qualities of sound energy and sound perception Anatomy of the ear Auditory brain areas 1 2 Sound vs. Sound If a tree falls in the forest and no one s there, does it make a sound? Depends on two definitions of sound Physical definition - sound is pressure changes in the air or other medium (answer: Yes) Perceptual definition - sound is the experience we have when we hear (answer: No) Sound Waves Objects make sound by moving back and forth rapidly (20 to times/second) through a medium (air) Example: A speaker produces sound like this: The diaphragm of the speaker moves out, pushing air molecules together (compression) The diaphragm moves in, pulling the air molecules apart (rarefaction) The cycle of this process creates alternating highand low-pressure regions that travel through the air 3 4

2 Sound Waves Sound waves are longitudinal waves, meaning that variations in intensity (air density) are parallel to the wave s direction of travel. This is unlike light or water waves, which are transverse waves, meaning that variations are perpendicular to the direction of the wave s travel. Note that it is the sound pressure that moves through the air, and not the air itself that moves. (Think of the wave at a sports stadium) Linear vs. Transverse Waves Transverse Wave (water or light) Longitudinal Wave (sound) 5 6 Slow (low freq.) Fast (high freq.) Movement Makes Sound Waves Questions Define sound (hint: give two definitions) How is a sound wave like the wave at a stadium? What moves through the air in a sound wave? 7 8

3 Pure tone: The simplest form of sound wave. Pressure variations are sinusoidal. Can be defined by two qualities: Amplitude (µpa) subjective loudness Frequency (Hz) subjective pitch All other sounds are made up of combinations of (usually many) pure tones. Pure Tones A tuning fork vibrates sinusoidally, thus producing a pure tone 9 10 Two waves with same frequency but different amplitudes Larger amplitude subjectively louder Two waves with same amplitude but different frequency Higher frequency higher pitch 11 12

4 Amplitude Amplitude = difference in sound pressure between high and low peaks of wave Sound pressure (P) is typically measured in micropascals (μpa) Sound intensity is square of pressure (I = P 2 ) and is more directly related to subjective loudness. Usually, we speak in terms of the ratio of sound intensity to some reference (Is / Ir) Amplitude Alternatively, we speak in terms of the ratio of squared pressures: Ps 2 / Pr 2 Reference pressure (Pr) is typically 20 µpa. This is the lowest pressure variation amplitude detectable by an average human at 1000 Hz frequency Called sound pressure level or SPL Decibels Decibels The range of pressure ratios that humans can hear covers 7 orders of magnitude (i.e., from 1 to ) The range of intensity ratios thus covers 14 orders of magnitude (from 1 to ) This makes direct use of pressure/intensity measures unwieldy We instead take the log (base 10) of intensity ratios, log10(is / Ir), to get bels Bels make for a somewhat coarse range, so we take tenths of bels to get decibels (db).!!!! db = 10 " log10(is / Ir)!!!! db = 10 x log10(ps 2 / Pr 2 )!!!! db = 20 x log10(ps / Pr) Most often we use dbspl ( decibels, sound pressure level ), indicating that Pr is 20 µpa

5 Decibels!!!!! db = 20 " log 10(Ps/Pr) Ps is the difference between maximum and minimum pressure and Pr is an arbitrary reference pressure Pr is usually taken to be 20 μpa, referred to as SPL or Sound Pressure Level Each increase by a decibel yields approximately the same increase in subjective loudness. That is, log nature of the decibel scale compensates (roughly) for response compression in the auditory system Pressure (μpa) Questions What is log 10 of 10? 100? 1000? Ambient (reference) pressure is 40 µpa and a pressure wave is hitting your ear with an amplitude of µpa. How many decibels is that? db = 20 x log 10 (40000/40) db = 20 x log 10 (1000) db = 20 x 3 = 60 db Is that really loud? Really soft? Example for Self-Test Reference pressure is 20 µpa and a pressure wave is hitting your ear with an amplitude of 20 µpa. How many decibels is that? Reference pressure is 20 µpa and a pressure wave is hitting your ear with an amplitude of µpa. How many decibels is that? j.jj dbspl gj.j dbspl 19 20

6 Frequency - number of amplitude cycles within a given time period Measured in Hertz (Hz): 1 Hz is 1 cycle per second Frequency Perception of pitch is related to frequency (but there s more to it) The Doppler Effect When a sound source approaches at high speed, its sound seems to increase in frequency, then decrease as it passes due to compression and expansion of sound waves Cool java demo: Complex Sounds Natural sounds do not have a single frequency and/or amplitude. Rather, they are made up a complex set of combined pure tones, each of which has its own frequency and amplitude The lowest frequency element of a set of tones is called the fundamental frequency Complex Sounds Higher frequency elements of a sound are called overtones Overtones whose frequency is a whole integer multiple of the fundamental frequency are called harmonics. Together, the tones that make up a sound are referred to as its frequency spectrum, which is in part responsible for a sound s timbre. Good musical instruments produce sounds which have mostly harmonics and not many non-harmonic partials. (e.g., Stradivarius violins) 23 24

7 Frequency spectra for 3 instruments playing a tone with a fundamental frequency of 196 Hz (G3). The coloured lines indicate the frequencies and intensities of the harmonic overtones. Very different sets of pure tones add up to the same note, but with different timbre. Attack & Decay Other qualities that make up timbre: Attack of tones - buildup of sound at the beginning of a tone Decay of tones - decrease in sound at end of tone Without Decay With Decay Questions Describe the relationship between pure tones and natural sounds. Define the following: Fundamental frequency, overtone, harmonic (or harmonic overtone), timbre, attack, decay. Periodic and Aperiodic Sounds Periodic sounds have patterns that repeat across time. E.g., musical notes, vowel sounds Aperiodic sounds have no repeating pattern. E.g., hissing sounds, fricative sounds AKA noise. If equal energy at all frequencies, we call it white noise 27 28

8 Periodic Sounds Aperiodic Sound Fourier Analysis/Synthesis Fourier discovered that any function could be mathematically broken down into a series of sine wave elements (Fourier Analysis) It is also therefore true that any function can be built up from a series of sine wave elements (Fourier Synthesis). Remarkably, your auditory system (and visual system) do something very much like Fourier Analysis with the information they receive. Fourier Synthesis (a) Pressure changes for a pure tone with frequency of 440 Hz. (b) The 1st harmonic overtone of this tone. Frequency = 880 Hz. (c) The 2nd harmonic overtone. Frequency = 1,320 Hz. (3x440) (d) The sum of the three harmonics creates the waveform for a complex tone

9 Five Sound Examples 1) 440 Hz tone 2) 880 Hz tone 3) Hz tone 4) 1320 Hz tone 5) Hz tone Note how the combinations sound more complex, i.e., closer to real-world sounds. Amplitude (a) (b) Frequency (c) Fourier spectrum for the last tone on the previous slide. The heights of the lines indicate the amplitude of each of the frequencies that make up the tone More examples of Fourier Synthesis Pressure Waveform (time domain) Time Spectrum (frequency domain) Amplitude Frequency 35 36

10 Questions What is the basic idea behind Fourier Analysis? Fourier Synthesis? What is a Fourier Spectrum? Sound Transmission Sound waves must move through a medium (e.g., air or water) Speed of sound depends on density and elasticity of medium. More dense = slower transmission More elastic = faster transmission Speed of sound in air 331 m/s Speed of sound in water 1400 m/s Inverse Square Law Sound & Objects As sound moves out from a source, its intensity is spread over a larger and larger area The area is proportional to the square of the distance 2"distance = 1/4 intensity 3"distance = 1/9 intensity Objects create different sounds based on their size, mass, and elasticity E.g., the longer and thicker a piano wire, the lower frequency sound it produces An object has a natural or resonant frequency at which it vibrates This will be a lower frequency the larger the object is, and higher for more elastic objects

11 Sound & Objects Sound & Objects Objects also absorb, reflect, transmit, or diffract sound based on their physical properties. The larger and denser an object is, the more it will absorb sound The more elastic an object is, the more it will tend to reflect sound Sound & Objects Sound & Objects The shape of an object is also important in how it will absorb or reflect sound. Acoustic foam has a shape designed to trap sound waves Diffraction occurs when sound waves encounter objects. Sound waves tend to re-form on the other side of small objects (red) but not larger ones (yellow) 43 44

12 Acoustic Impedance Sound Illusions Shepperd s ever-descending tone: Sound is reflected when it moves from one medium to another that has higher acoustic impedance For example, when moving from air to water, 99.9% of sound energy is reflected This will become important when we consider the inner ear, which is fluid-filled. Ambiguous grouping: Shifting interpretation: Questions What does it mean for a sound to diffract around an object? What different processes can occur to a sound when it encounters an object? If the sound intensity is 180 units at distance 10 m, what will it be at 30 m? Anatomy of the Ear 47 48

13 Outer Ear Middle Ear Outer ear = pinna and auditory canal Pinna helps with sound localization (more later) Auditory canal 3 cm long tube. Protects the tympanic membrane at the end of the canal Resonance Effect: The resonant frequency of the outer ear amplifies frequencies between 2,000 and 5,000 Hz 2 cm 3 cavity separating inner from outer ear Contains the three ossicles: Malleus, Incus, & Stapes Also Eustachian tube, which equalizes pressure Function of Ossicles Outer and middle ear are filled with air Inner ear filled with fluid that is much denser than air Pressure changes in air transmit poorly into the denser medium (-30 db!) Ossicles act in two ways to amplify the vibration for better transmission to the fluid Function of Ossicles Condensation Effect: Eardrum is larger than stapes footplate So force is concentrated down on a smaller area to create higher pressure By far the larger of the two effects, at about 25 db 51 52

14 Function of Ossicles Lever Effect: Ossicles are set up like a lever arm (malleus is longer than incus) Allows weaker force of air vibrations to move liquid in cochlea A small effect, however (about 2 db) Resistance of cochlear fluid Force of Air Movement The Inner Ear: The Cochlea Fluid-filled snail-like structure set into vibration by the stapes Divided into three canals by two membranes: Scala vestibuli, (Reissner s membrane), cochlear duct/ scala media (Cochlear partition) and scala tympani. Cochlear partition extends from the base (stapes end) to the apex (far end) Subsection of the cochlear partition is the Basilar Membrane The Cochlea Cochlea: Partly Unwrapped The cochlea is shown here in its real, coiled, position 55 56

15 The Cochlea: Fully Unwrapped Cochlear partition is narrow at apex and wide at base. Basilar membrane is a part of the cochlear partition that is opposite: Wide at apex and narrow at base. Spiral lamina make up the rest of the cochlear partition Questions Describe the basic structure of the cochlea What is the function of the ossicles? How do they accomplish it? Why do we have a pinna? What are the functions of the auditory canal? 59 60

16 The Organ of Corti Consists of inner and outer hair cells and their supporting structures Rests on the Basilar membrane, which vibrates in response to sound stimuli, activating hair cells Inner hair cells are the receptors for hearing Tectorial membrane extends over the hair cells Transduction at the hair cells takes place due to the bending of tectorial and basilar membranes Cross-section of the cochlea, showing how the Organ of Corti rests on the basilar membrane Close-up of the Organ of Corti, showing how hair cells stereocilia extend between basilar and tectorial membranes Animation of the Organ of Corti, showing how hair cells stereocilia are bent due to different fulcrum locations of basilar and tectorial membranes

17 Questions Which cells transduce sound into neural signals? What two membranes move relative to oneanother to stimulate the IHCs? Fundamental Concept: Theoretical Synthesis Hegel* suggested that understanding progresses through three stages: Thesis: Someone proposes a theory Antithesis: A counter-proposal is made, often apparently contradictory or even mutually exclusive of the thesis Synthesis: The two are brought together for a more complete model Science often progresses this way. Watch out for false dichotomies. There is often potential for synthesis. 65 * The attribution of this idea to Hegal is debatable...also, there s way more to it than this. 66 Neural Signals for Sound Frequency There are two ways nerve fibres signal frequency Which fibres are responding (the Place Theory) Hair cells at different points along the OoC fire to different sound frequencies How fibres are firing (the Frequency Theory) Rate or pattern of firing of nerve impulses Neural Signals for Frequency Base Apex 67 68

18 Békésy s Place Theory Frequency of sound is indicated by the place on the organ of Corti that has the highest firing rate Békésy determined this in two ways Direct observation of basilar membranes from cadavers Building a model of the cochlea using the physical properties of the basilar membrane Békésys Place Theory Physical properties of the basilar membrane Base of the membrane (by stapes) is 3 to 4 times narrower than at the apex 100 times stiffer than at the apex Therefore, the resonant frequency of the base is much higher than the apex Indeed, resonant frequency of basilar membrane changes systematically from 20 to 2000 Hz from apex to base Békésy suggested that sounds produce a travelling wave along the basilar membrane. The peak of this wave occurs at the point where the membrane s resonant frequency matches that of the sound s frequency

19 Békésys Place Theory The envelope* of the traveling wave indicates the point of maximum displacement of the basilar membrane Hair cells at this point are stimulated the most strongly leading to the nerve fibres firing the most strongly at this location * You may want to review envelope functions 73 The envelope function envelops the individual functions of the travelling wave across different points in time. 74 The envelope functions of the basilar membrane s vibration at various frequencies (Békésy,1960). These envelopes were based on measurements of cadavers cochleas. The envelopes are more sharply peaked in healthy cochleas due to active feedback. Evidence for Place Theory: Frequency Tuning of Hair Cells Record activity from single hair cell and measure how intense a sound (db) is required to active the cell at each frequency (Hz) i.e., measure the absolute threshold for the cell across the frequency spectrum Resulting function is the frequency tuning curve Frequency to which the cell is most sensitive (lowest threshold) is the characteristic frequency 75 76

20 Frequency Tuning Curves of 4 Hair Cells Evidence for Place Theory: Tonotopic Organization of CFs Characteristic frequencies of hair cells along the Cochlea shows tonotopic map* i.e., Cochlea shows an orderly map of frequency response along its length * You may want to review topological maps Questions The hair cells are sandwiched between what two membranes? Which end of the basilar membrane codes for low frequency sounds? Transduction: Inner Hair Cells Hearing requires extremely rapid response. To signal a Hz tone, for instance, requires cells to be able to respond once every.05 milliseconds! GPCRs, used in other sensory systems, are too slow for this Instead, a direct physical mechanism is used 79 80

21 Inner Hair Cells Tip Links Transduction occurs at the inner hair cells, specifically at the stereocilia When the cilia are bent, tiny filaments between their tips, called tip links are pulled The tip links directly and mechanically open ionic channels, causing the cell to hyperpolarize Active Response: Outer Hair Cells OHCs do not transduce sound, but they play an important role in boosting IHC response When sound stimulates the OHCs, they rhythmically contract and expand, like muscle cells This amplifies the motion of the basilar and tectorial membranes, which in turn more actively stimulate the IHCs Active Response: Outer Hair Cells 83 84

22 Active Response: Outer Hair Cells Effect of Active Response OHCs also produce an electrical field when stimulated. The amplitude of this signal exactly matches the pressure variations of the acoustic signal The electrical field boosts the sensitivity of the IHCs Questions Phase Locking Describe the basic structure of the cochlea What is the function of the ossicles? How do they accomplish it? Why do we have a pinna? What are the functions of the auditory canal? 87 Whole cochlea can t vibrate across the range Hz, so Rutherford s frequency theory cannot be correct Guess you were doing some butterfly collecting that day, eh Ernie? However, action potentials from IHCs do seem to be phase locked to the sound signals 88 All science is either physics or butterfly collecting!!! -Ernest Rutherford

23 Phase Locking Phase Locking Phase is a characteristic of sine waves describing where the wave starts The red and blue waves (top right) are 90 out of phase with one another The upper set of blue waves (bottom right) are in phase while those below are out of phase The IHCs may exhibit action potentials when a pure tone is at highest compression But max firing rate is 500 spikes/ sec, so how can they code for higher frequencies? Possibly they engage in aliasing, meaning they fire every few cycles instead of every cycle Amplitude Transduction Humans can sense amplitudes between 20 µpa an µpa (7 orders of magnitude) Neurones can vary firing rates from about 1 to 500 spikes per second ( 2.5 orders of magnitude) So a single class of neurones cannot code for the whole range Amplitude Transduction Instead, different hair cells code for different limited ranges of amplitude A codes for a low range, starting at 10 db & saturating at 50 db. It has a high resting response rate B responds only to upper range, starting at 50 db and saturating at 100 db 91 92

24 The Basilar Membrane & Complex Tones Fourier analysis - mathematical process that separates complex waveforms into a series of sine waves Research on the response of the basilar membrane shows the highest response in auditory nerve fibers with characteristic frequencies that correspond to the sinewave components of complex tones In this sense the basilar membrane does a Fourier Analysis of the incoming sound signal, breaking it down into component pure tones. Fourier Analysis (a) A complex sound wave. Applying Fourier analysis to this wave indicates that it is made up of the three components in (b), (c), (d). These can be represented as a Fourier Spectrum, below Fourier Analysis Questions What is the active response? What is its function? What two aspects does it include? What does it mean to say that the basilar membrane performs Fourier analysis? What are two ways that frequency is coded for by cochlear neurones? How is phaselocking involved? 95 96

25 Pathway from the Cochlea to the Cortex Of Sound Mind Subcortical and Cortical Auditory Processing Areas Auditory nerve fibres synapse in a series of subcortical structures (C? SONIC MG is A1!) Cochlear nucleus Superior olivary nucleus (in the brain stem) Inferior colliculus (in the midbrain) Medial geniculate nucleus (in the thalamus) Auditory receiving area (A1 in the temporal lobe) Cochlear Nucleus Has tonotopic organization: Ventral = low Hz, Dorsal = high Hz Bushy cells code for different frequencies and inhibit one another to provide sharper frequency tuning. Stellate cells fire for duration of stimulus with rate indicating intensity of sound. Octopus cells fire at sound onset/offset, and may provide sound-timing information

26 Superior Olivary Nucleus Has tonotopic organization First site of binaural activity. First analysis of sound direction (horizontal only), which works via analysis of: Timing differences between the 2 ears. Intensity differences between the 2 ears. Inferior Colliculus Receives inputs from many higher areas, such as A1 May be a switchboard for regulating auditory attention Also an integrating area for multi-modal perceptual responses such as startle reflexes and reflexive looking Medial Geniculate Nucleus Nucleus of the thalamus Tonotopically organized, but in a complex fashion Processes all aspects of sound. May be the first site of complex pitch (as opposed to simple frequency) perception. Descending Pathways Connections do not only go from ear up to cortex (afferent), but also back down (efferent) For instance, olivocochlear neurones--going from superior olivary down to cochlea--can turn down the gain on IHCs to allow them to process higher sound volumes Descending connections also cause contractions in small muscles attached to ossicles, causing them to be less mobile and thus turning down the volume on high amplitude sounds

27 Questions What is the sequence of subcortical nuclei that carries auditory information from ear to cortex? (remember the mnemonic?) What do the descending (efferent) fibres leading into the cochlea do? Auditory Areas in the Cortex Signals from MGN arrive in A1, primary auditory cortex A1 seems to process relatively simple sound information regarding frequency and location A2 processes more complex aspects of sound Other areas (Wernicke s, Broca s) process speech Organization of A1 A1 is organized in isofrequency sheets, which run left-right. Neurones within a sheet have the same CF Transverse to the sheets are aural dominance columns and suppression/summation columns

28 Schematic of A1 Columnar Organization Suppress Sum Suppress Sum Suppress Sum Suppress Sum Suppress Sum Suppress Sum Left Binaural Right Left Binaural Right 16kHz 8kHz 4kHz 2kHz 1 khz 109 Effect of Training on Tonotopic Maps Effect of Experience on Tonotopic Maps Owl monkeys were trained to discriminate between two frequencies near 2,500 Hz Trained monkeys showed tonotopic maps with enlarged areas responding to 2,500 Hz compared to untrained monkeys Cases of humans with brain damage to this area show perception difficulties with pitch 110 Error Rates on 4 Tasks Following Damage to A

29 What and Where Streams for Hearing It has been proposed that there are separate what and where processing circuits in auditory cortex What stream starts in the anterior portion of temporal lobe and extends to the prefrontal cortex It is responsible for identifying sounds Where stream starts in the posterior temporal lobe and extends to the parietal and prefrontal cortices It is responsible for locating sounds A similar division of labour is well-established in vision What, Where, & Integration Questions What is an isofrequency sheet? Describe the columnar organization of A1. What do we mean by what and where streams? 115

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