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Category: Physics of sound

Introduction to the Physics of Sound
References to the Physics of Sound
General Links to the Physics of Sound




Introduction to the Physics of Sound


* Acoustic and Vibration Animations
Sound waves, vibrations and other physical aspects of sound animated.
link: http://www.kettering.edu/~drussell/demos.html


* Handbook for Acoustic Ecology
An online book describing many aspects of sound, such as sonic booms, the speed of sound.
link: http://www.sfu.ca/sonic-studio/handbook/


References to the Physics of Sound


* Wikipedia on Sound
Information on all aspects of sound on the popular free, open-source encyclopedia.
link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound

* Sound Encyclopedia
Definitions and brief explanations of many physical characteristics of sound.
link: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/sound/soucon.html

General Links to the Physics of Sound

* Sound of a Cup With and Without Instant Coffee: A Foam-Filled Acoustics Demonstration
Study the vibrations of sound from your breakfast table with a cup of coffee.
link: http://www.acoustics.org/press/143rd/Rossing.html







Category: How we hear (Ear physiology: Pinnae to auditory cortex)

* The Ear and the Brain
* Cochlea and Hair Cells
* Music and the Brain
* Protecting hearing
* Fun Links about how we hear
* Hearing Loss, Protection and Health Risks



The Ear and the Brain


* Our Sense of Hearing
From "Neuroscience for Kids"
link: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/hearing.html


* Hearing Experiments
From "Neuroscience for Kids"
link: http://faculty.washington.edu/chudler/chhearing.html


Cochlea and Hair Cells

* Promenade 'round the cochlea
link: http://www.iurc.montp.inserm.fr/cric/audition/english/start.htm


* The Quivering Bundles That Let Us Hear: Signals from a Hair Cell
link: http://www.hhmi.org/senses/c110.html


* Hudspeth's cochlea animation
link: http://www.rockefeller.edu/labheads/hudspeth/movie06_popup.html


* A cool 3-D picture of hair cells
link: http://www.udel.edu/Biology/Wags/wagart/anaglyphpage/hair%20cells(large).gif


* Pretty Hair Cells
link: http://www.scripps.edu/newsandviews/e_20030317/TCB.jpg


* A hydraulic model of the cochlea, listening to Aretha Franklin's Respect
link: http://www.bioen.utah.edu/faculty/RDR/movies/Respect_large.mov


Chapters on Ear Physiology from the Neuroscience textbook
* Cochlea and Hair cells
link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=.0Jk4sT2pPHPIJyiwifd8HcjeinGXNYkzPO8cR0

* Auditory pathway to the brain
link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/bv.fcgi?rid=.0vHz4H-RUVgIg-rKrtBgHDmqGcYEMorJSvyM0m

* Georg von Békésy's Nobel Prize Lecture
"Concerning the Pleasures of Observing, and the Mechanics of the Inner Ear"
link: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1961/bekesy-lecture.html


Music and the Brain


* Musical Brain Map
link: http://www.mos.org/cst-archive/article/49/4.html


* Brain Areas involved in Music
link: http://www.brainmusic.org/AuditoryNeuroscienceFolder/Fig1.gif


* NPR broadcast on music and the brain
link: http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/totn/20030509.totn.03.ram



Fun Links about how we hear

* Diana Deutsch's Web Page
link: http://psy.ucsd.edu/~ddeutsch/


* Tim Hunkin's Sound Experinments
link: http://www.hunkinsexperiments.com/themes/themes_sound.htm


* Sonic Studio Handbook
link: http://www.sfu.ca/sonic-studio/handbook/


* Link
link: http://library.thinkquest.org/19537/Physics2.html


* Link
link: http://www.acoustics.salford.ac.uk/schools/index.htm


* Link
link: http://www.kettering.edu/~drussell/demos.html


* Evolution of ears
link: http://www.livescience.com/animalworld/060119_breathing_ears.html



Hearing Loss, Protection and Health Risks

* National Institute on Deafness
link: http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/index.asp


* Healthy Hearing
link: http://www.healthyhearing.com


* H.E.A.R. (Hearing Education and Awareness for Rockers)
link: http://www.hearnet.com


* National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
link: http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/


* Hearing Aids Through the Ages
link: http://www.entnet.org/museum/exhibits/hearingaids_index.cfm


* Illustration from 1648. Frontispiece of John Bulwer's Philocophus: or, The Deafe and Dumbe Mans Friend .
link: http://beckerexhibits.wustl.edu/did/win_rb/Bulwer1648fr.htm


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* Category: Sounds

* Sounds of the World’s Animals

link: http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/ballc/animals/animals.html

* Cornell Lab of Ornithology: The Macaulay Library
link: http://www.birds.cornell.edu/macaulaylibrary/


* Lang Elliot's Nature Sound Studio
link: http://www.naturesound.com/

* Search the Web for Sounds
link: http://www.findsounds.com/ISAPI/search.dll


* Bad Vibes (Vote for Horrible Sounds)
link: http://www.sound101.org/about.php


* Sound Effects
link: http://www.grsites.com/sounds/




* Category: Music

* Introduction to Music
* Sound Artists
* General Music Links


Introduction to Music


* Music Fundamentals
link: http://www.exhibits.pacsci.org/music/Fundamentals.html


Sound Artists

* Messa di Voce
"A performance and installation in which the speech, shouts and songs produced by two vocalists are augmented in real-time by custom interactive visualization software."
link: http://www.tmema.org/messa/


General Music Links

* The Accidental Science of Music
link: http://www.exploratorium.edu/music

* The Music Animation Machine
link: http://www.musanim.com/




* More Information about our Listening Guides
* Michael Chorost: Cochlear Implants
* Bart Hopkin: Experimental Musical Instruments
* Dean Hudson: Navigating with your ears
* Doniga Markegard: Wildlife Tracking and Wilderness Awareness
* Lisa Miller: Car Sound Diagnostics




Michael Chorost: Cochlear Implants

* Michael Chorost’s Web site
link: http://www.michaelchorost.com


* Cochlear implant sounds simulation
link: http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/%7Eaboothro/files/ImplantSimulations.ppt



Jump to more links about
* Hearing Loss, Protection and Health Risk on this page



Bart Hopkin: Experimental Musical Instruments

* Experimental Musical Instruments
link: http://www.windworld.com


* Odd Music
link: http://www.oddmusic.com



Dean Hudson: Navigating with your ears

* LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired
link: http://www.lighthouse-sf.org


* Keep Your Ear Lids Open
link: http://interact.uoregon.edu/MEDIALIT/wfae/readings/earlids.html



Doniga Markegard: Wildlife Tracking and Wilderness Awareness

* Doniga Markegards’s Web site
Designs by Doniga: Sustainable Living Solutions
link: http://www.designsbydoniga.com


* CyberTracker
link: http://www.cybertracker.co.za


* Wilderness Awareness School
link: http://www.wildernessawareness.org


* Tom Brown Jr.’s Tracker School
link: http://www.trackerschool.com


* Wildlife Tracking in North America
link: http://www.wildlifetrackers.com/



Lisa Miller : Car Sound Diagnostics


* Car Talk Noise Emporium
link: http://www.cartalk.com/content/features/Noises/


* Listening to car sounds
link: http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/car_care/1833626.html