TY - BOOK ID - 78045364 TI - Noise matters PY - 2015 SN - 0674287061 0674287045 9780674287044 9780674744127 0674744128 PB - Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England DB - UniCat KW - Auditory adaptation. KW - Noise. KW - Hearing KW - Auditory perception. KW - Hearing levels. KW - Hearing threshold levels KW - Audiometry KW - Sound perception KW - Perception KW - Word deafness KW - Sound KW - Silence KW - Acoustic adaptation KW - Adaptation (Physiology) KW - Physiological aspects. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78045364 AB - We think of noise as background sound that interferes with our ability to hear more interesting sounds. But noise is anything that interferes with the reception of signals of any sort. Whatever its cause, the consequence of noise is error by receivers, and these errors are the key to understanding how noise shapes the evolution of communication. ER -