1. Air Force program in hearing research
- Author
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Willard D. Larkin
- Subjects
Cognitive science ,Presentation ,Bone conduction ,Acoustics and Ultrasonics ,Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) ,Scope (project management) ,Computer science ,Perception ,media_common.quotation_subject ,Acoustics ,Auditory information ,Hearing research ,media_common - Abstract
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) manages all the basic science activity for the U.S. Air Force. Research is supported in the Air Force Laboratory, and grants are provided to universities and research institutions. This presentation will outline the scope of AFOSR’s support for basic research in areas germane to human hearing. Topics of current interest include the complex of problems associated with spatial hearing, the psychophysical and perceptual foundations for the design of auditory displays, problems of auditory information overload, and neurologically informed computational models of auditory perceptual processing. To develop better methods of hearing protection, AFOSR also supports efforts to understand the biophysical basis of cochlear excitation via bone conduction. Opportunities to contribute to these and related topics will be described.
- Published
- 2003