Table of Contents

Auditory Physiological History: A Surface View. The Nonauditory Physiology of the External Ear Canal. The Middle Ear Mucosa. Bone Physiology of the Ear. Physiology of the Eustachian Tube and Middle Ear Pressure Regulation. The Facial Nerve. Introduction to Psychoacoustics and Sound. Auditory Physiology of the External Ear. Introduction to Analysis of Middle-Ear Function. Structural and Functional Development of the Ear. Development of Stimulus Coding in the Auditory System. Regeneration of Cochlear Hair Cells. Cochlear Microanatomy and Ultrastructure. The Sensory Epithelium of the Normal and Pathological Cochlea. Circulation of the Inner Ear: I. Comparative Study of the Vascular Anatomy in the Mammalian Cochlea. Circulation of the Inner Ear: II. The Relationship Between Metabolism and Blood Flow in the Cochlea. Dynamics of the Inner Ear Fluids. Cochlear Physiology. Otoacoustic Emissions. Functional Morphology of the Normal Peripheral Vestibular System. Neural Anatomy of the Cochlea: Development and Plasticity. Functional Neuroanatomy of the Cochlea. The Physiology of the Cochlear Nerve. Neurotransmission in the Inner Ear: Functional and Molecular Analyses. Introduction to the Central Auditory Nervous System. Protective Mechanisms in the Cochlea. Neurophysiology of Speech Perception in Normal and Impaired Systems.