Clinical Aspects of Hearing / Edition 1

by Thomas R. VanDeWater, Richard R. Fay

Overview

The Springer Handbook of Auditory Research presents a series of comprehensive and synthetic reviews of the fundamental topics in modem auditory research. It is aimed at all individuals with interests in hearing research including advanced graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and clinical investigators. The volumes will introduce new investigators to important aspects of hearing science and will help established investigators to better understand the fundamental theories and data in fields of hearing that they may not normally follow closely. Each volume is intended to present a particular topic comprehensively, and each chapter will serve as a synthetic overview and guide to the literature. As such, the chapters present neither exhaustive data reviews nor original research that has not yet appeared in peer-reviewed journals. The series focuses on topics that have developed a solid data and conceptual foundation rather than on those for which a literature is only beginning to develop. New research areas will be covered on a timely basis in the series as they begin to mature. Each volume in the series consists of five to eight substantial chapters on a particular topic. In some cases, the topics will be ones of traditional interest for which there is a solid body of data and theory, such as auditory neuroanatomy (Vol. 1) and neurophysiology (Vol. 2). Other volumes in the series will deal with topics which have begun to mature more recently, such as development, plasticity, and computational models of neural processing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461284864
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	09/28/2011
Series:	Springer Handbook of Auditory Research , #7
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1996
Pages:	318
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

Van De Water, Thomas R. (Albert Einstein Coll of Medicine); Fay, Richard R. (Loyola Univ Chicago); Popper, Arthur N. (Univ of Maryland)

The contributors represent the specialties of otolaryngology, neurology, surgery, audiophonology, psychology, and neurosciences. Most are from universities and research institutes in the U.S. Institutions prominently represented include Univ of Miami Ear Institute, Albert Einstein Coll of Medicine, and Univ of Maryland.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction.- 2 Approaches to Understanding the Molecular Genetics of Hearing and Deafness.- 3 Regeneration of the Auditory Nerve: The Role of Neurotrophic Factors.- 4 Auditory Deprivation and Its Consequences: From Animal Models to Humans.- 5 Ototoxicity: Of Mice and Men.- 6 The Role of Viral Infection in the Development of Otopathology: Labyrinthitis and Autoimmune Disease.- 7 Otoacoustic Emissions: Animal Models and Clinical Observations.- 8 Tinnitus: Psychophysical Observations in Humans and an Animal Model.

Editorial Reviews

"..full of information of great interest both to a clinician and researcher. The amount of knowledge gained from literally hundreds of researchers (there are about 900 references) is very impressive." Brit. Jnl. of Audiology

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