Oxford Handbook of Auditory Science

The first volume in The Oxford Handbook of Auditory Science, The Ear serves both as an introduction and as a reference work for anyone interested in the auditory periphery. Each chapter includes a mix of tutorial and advanced information. Throughout the book, the focus is on mechanistic, functional evidence, with many chapters concentrating on cellular and molecular explanations of cochlear function. In addition to basic function, the development and regeneration of the inner ear are described, as are the growing body of ear-related genes identified through studies of human deafness and animal mutants. This knowledge is applied to the human condition in descriptions of pathogenic mechanisms, and existing therapies, especially the cochlear implant. Whether the reader is a student entering the field, a clinical practitioner, or a worker in an allied field of study, this volume will be a valuable resource of basic information, and perhaps a catalyst to making their own contributions to the ongoing challenge, and adventure, of understanding the mysteries of the ear.

ISBN 019923339X   Pages 464 ISBN13 9780199233397 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 1017 Publisher Oxford University Press   Published in Oxford Imprint Oxford University Press   Series title Oxford Library of Psychology Format Hardback   Height (mm) 246 Publication date 14 Jan 2010   Width (mm) 171 DEWEY 612.85   Spine width (mm) 30 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level Tertiary education, Professional / Scholarly

1		Introduction and overview by Paul A. Fuchs		1
2		The clinical cochlea by Lawrence R. Lustig		15
3		External and middle ear function by John J. Rosowski		49
4		Otoacoustic emissions and evoked potentials by David T. Kemp		93
5		Cochlear mechanics, tuning, non-linearities by Egbert de Boer and Alfred L. Nuttall		139
6		Electromotility of outer hair cells by Kuni H. Iwasa		179
7		Inner ear fluid homeostasis by Daniel C. Marcus and Philine Wangemann		213
8		Hair bundle structure and mechanotransduction by Carole M. Hackney and David N. Furness		231
9		The afferent synapse by Jonathan Ashmore		259
10		Efferent innervation and function by A. Belen Elgoyhen and Paul A. Fuchs		283
11		Cochlear supporting cells by Jonathan Gale and Daniel Jagger		307
12		Development of the inner ear by Lynne M. Bianchi and Paul A. Fuchs		329
13		Regeneration in the cochlea by Douglas A. Cotanche		355
14		Genetics of hearing loss by Cynthia C. Morton and Anne B. S. Giersch		377
15		Hearing aids and cochlear implants by John K. Niparko and Andrea Marlowe		409
		Index		437

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