Review of Auditory Research

In preparing this review an attempt was made to establish some sort of meaningful outline that would serve as a guide in arranging the varied auditory research to be reported upon. For this purpose, it appeared that the most satisfactory approach would be in terms of the functions of the auditory system as it serves as an information processing device. With this arrangement both behavioral and physiological investigations can be intermixed as they bear upon similar functional aspects of hearing. Admittedly, purely anatomical reports may not have much to say directly about function; however, such studies generally have functional implications and caa be fitted into the review without too much stress and strain. (See Table 1, Page 58).