Oxford Handbook of Auditory Science: The Ear: 1 (Oxford Library of Psychology)

2010 OUP hardcover edition. Some reading wear else good condition. 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. Contents 1 Introduction and overview - Paul A Fuchs 2 The clinical cochlea - Lawrence R Lustig 3 External and middle ear function - John J Rosowski 4 Otoacoustic emissions and evoked potentials - David T Kemp 5 Cochlear mechanics, tuning, non-linearities - Egbert de Boer and Alfred L Nuttall 6 Electromotility of outer hair cells - Kuni H Iwasa 7 Inner ear fluid homeostasis - Daniel C Marcus and Philine Wangemann 8 Hair bundle structure and mechanotransduction - Carole M Hackney and David N Furness 9 The afferent synapse - Jonathan Ashmore 10 Efferent innervation and function - A Belen Elgoyhen and Paul A Fuchs 11 Cochlear supporting cells - Jonathan Gale and Daniel Jagger 12 Development of the inner ear - Lynne M Bianchi and Paul A Fuchs 13 Regeneration in the cochlea - Douglas A Cotanche 14 Genetics of hearing loss - Cynthia C Morton and Anne BS Giersch 15 Hearing aids and cochlear implants - John K Niparko and Andrea Marlowe.…