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 how 'hearing' happens. It will be a valuable resource, for anyone interested in the ongoing challenge, and adventure, of understanding the mysteries of the ear. INDICE: 1: Paul Fuchs: Introduction and overview; 2: Lawrence Robert Lustig: The clinical cochlea; 3: John Rosowski: External and middle ear function; 4: David T Kemp: Otoascoustic emissions and evoked potentials; 5: Egbert De Boer & Alfred L Nuttall: Cochlear mechanics, tuning, non-linearities; 6: Kuni Iwasa: Electromotility of outer hair cells; 7: Dan Marcus & Philine Wangemann:Inner ear fluid homeostasis; 8: Carole M Hackney & David Furness: Haair bundle structure and mechanotransduction; 9: Jonathan Ashmore: The afferent synapse; 10: A Belen Elgoyhen & Paul Fuchs: Efferent innervation and function; 11: Jonathan Gale & Daniel Jagger: Cochlear supporting cells; 12: Lynne Bianchi & Paul Fuchs: Development of the inner ear; 13: Douglas Cotanche: Regeneration of the cochlea; 14: Cynthia Morton & Anne B Giersch: Genetics of hearing loss; 15: John Niparko & Andrea Marlowe: Hearing aids and cochlear implants
- ISBN: 978-0-19-923339-7
- Editorial: Oxford University
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 464
- Fecha Publicación: 14/01/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés