Front cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- SECTION I THE EAR -- CHAPTER 1 Anatomy of the Ear -- 1. ABSTRACT -- 2. INTRODUCTION -- 3. OUTER EAR -- 4. MIDDLE EAR -- 5. COCHLEA -- CHAPTER 2 Sound Conduction to the Cochlea -- 1. ABSTRACT -- 2. INTRODUCTION -- 3. HEAD, OUTER EAR AND EAR CANAL -- 4. MIDDLE EAR -- CHAPTER 3 Physiology of the Cochlea -- 1. ABSTRACT -- 2. INTRODUCTION -- 3. FREQUENCY SELECTIVITY OF THE BASILAR MEMBRANE -- 4. SENSORY TRANSDUCTION IN THE COCHLEA -- 5. AUTOREGULATION OF BLOOD FLOW TO THE COCHLEA -- CHAPTER 4 Sound Evoked Electrical Potentials in the Cochlea -- 1. ABSTRACT -- 2. INTRODUCTION -- 3. ELECTRICAL POTENTIALS IN THE COCHLEA -- SECTION I REFERENCES -- SECTION II THE AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM -- CHAPTER 5 Anatomy of the Auditory Nervous System -- 1. ABSTRACT -- 2. INTRODUCTION -- 3. CLASSICAL ASCENDING AUDITORY PATHWAYS -- 4. NON-CLASSICAL ASCENDING AUDITORY PATHWAYS -- 5. PARALLEL PROCESSING AND STREAM SEGREGATION -- 6. DESCENDING PATHWAYS -- CHAPTER 6 Physiology of the Auditory Nervous System -- 1. ABSTRACT -- 2. INTRODUCTION -- 3. REPRESENTATION OF FREQUENCY IN THE AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM -- 4. CODING OF TEMPORAL FEATURES -- 5. IS TEMPORAL OR PLACE CODE THE BASIS FOR DISCRIMINATION OF FREQUENCY? -- 6. CODING OF COMPLEX SOUNDS -- 7. DIRECTIONAL HEARING -- 8. EFFERENT SYSTEM -- 9. NON-CLASSICAL PATHWAYS -- 10. EFFECT OF ANESTHESIA -- CHAPTER 7 Evoked Potentials from the Nervous System -- 1. ABSTRACT -- 2. INTRODUCTION -- 3. NEAR-FIELD POTENTIALS FROM THE AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM -- 4. FAR-FIELD AUDITORY EVOKED POTENTIALS -- CHAPTER 8 Acoustic Middle-ear Reflex -- 1. ABSTRACT -- 2. INTRODUCTION -- 3. NEURAL PATHWAYS OF THE ACOUSTIC MIDDLE- EAR REFLEX -- 4. PHYSIOLOGY -- 6. CLINICAL USE OF THE ACOUSTIC MIDDLE- EAR REFLEX -- SECTION II REFERENCES.

SECTION III DISORDERS OF THE AUDITORY SYSTEM AND THEIR PATHOPHYSIOLOGY -- CHAPTER 9 Hearing Impairment -- 1. ABSTRACT -- 2. INTRODUCTION -- 3. PATHOLOGIES OF THE SOUND CONDUCTING APPARATUS -- 4. PATHOLOGIES OF THE COCHLEA -- 5. IMPLICATIONS OF HEARING LOSS ON CENTRAL AUDITORY PROCESSING -- 6. PATHOLOGIES FROM DAMAGE TO THE AUDITORY SYSTEM -- 7. PATHOLOGIES OF THE CENTRAL AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM -- 8. ROLE OF NEURAL PLASTICITY IN DISORDERS OF THE CENTRAL AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM -- CHAPTER 10 Hyperactive Disorders of the Auditory System -- 1. ABSTRACT -- 2. INTRODUCTION -- 3. SUBJECTIVE TINNITUS -- 4. ABNORMAL PERCEPTION OF SOUNDS -- 5. TREATMENT OF SUBJECTIVE TINNITUS -- 6. TREATMENT OF HYPERACUSIS -- CHAPTER 11 Cochlear and Brainstem Implants -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. COCHLEAR IMPLANTS -- 3. COCHLEAR NUCLEUS IMPLANTS -- 4. ROLE OF NEURAL PLASTICITY -- SECTION III REFERENCES -- APPENDIX A Definitions in Anatomy -- APPENDIX B Hearing Conservation Programs -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. PURPOSE AND DESIGN OF HEARING CONSERVATION PROGRAMS -- 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF NOISE STANDARDS -- 4. MEASUREMENT OF NOISE -- 5. PERSONAL PROTECTION -- 6. NON-OCCUPATIONAL NOISE EXPOSURE -- 7. EFFECT OF NOISE ON BODILY FUNCTIONS -- APPENDICES REFERENCES -- List of Abbreviations -- Index.