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Record Nr.

UNINA9910464329403321

Autore

Picton T. W (Terence W.)

Titolo

Human auditory evoked potentials / / Terence W. Picton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Diego, California ; ; Abingdon, England : , : Plural Publishing, Inc., , 2011

©2011

ISBN

1-59756-622-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (649 p.)

Disciplina

617.8/82

Soggetti

Auditory evoked response

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; 1. Introduction: Past, Present, and Potential; 2. Recording Evoked Potentials: Means to an End; 3. Frequency Domain: Music of the Hemispheres; 4. Finding Sources: Forward and Backward; 5. Acoustic Stimuli: Sounds to Charm the Brain; 6. Interpreting the Waveforms: Time and Uncertainty; 7. Electrocochleography: From Song to Synapse; 8. Auditory Brainstem Responses: Peaks Along the Way; 9. Middle-Latency Responses: The Brain and the Brawn; 10. Auditory Steady-State and Following Responses: Dancing to the Rhythms

11. Late Auditory Evoked Potentials: Changing the Things Which Are 12. Endogenous Auditory Evoked Potentials: Attention Must Be Paid; 13. Infant Hearing Assessment: Opening Ears; 14. Neurotology and Neurology: From Cochlea to Cortex; 15. Auditory Neuropathy: When Time Is Broke; 16. Cochlear Implants: Body Electric; 17. Concluding Comments: Beginning to Live; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book reviews how we can record the human brain's response to sounds, and how we can use these recordings to assess hearing.