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Record Nr.

UNINA9910830823703321

Titolo

Sensorineural hearing loss / / edited by G. E. W. Wolstenholme and Julie Knight

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] : , : J. & A. Churchill, , 1970

©1970

ISBN

1-280-59120-X

9786613621030

0-470-71975-3

0-470-71740-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (370 p.)

Collana

A Ciba Foundation Symposium

Disciplina

617.8

617.886

Soggetti

Deafness

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

SENSORINEURAL HEARING LOSS; Contents; A personal experience; Chairman's introduction; The causes of profound deafness in childhood; Discussion; The pathology of deafness; Discussion; Complete examination of a case of sensorineural deafness at autopsy; Discussion; The muco-ciliary system in relation to middle ear pathology and sensorineural hearing loss; Discussion; The selective and differential vulnerability of the auditory system; Discussion; Normal structure of the organ of Corti and the effect of noice-induced cochlear damage; Discussion

Alternatives to threshold measurement in the assessment of hearingDiscussion; An investigation of the effects of occupational noise on hearing; Discussion; Perfusion of scala tympani as a means of studying the cochlear transducer process; The possible importance of the labyrinthine fluids in the pathogenesis of sensorineural deafness; Discussion; Can nerve impulse periodicity be used for pitch perception?; Discussion; Some electrophysiological factors in volley-pitch perception by electrical stimulation; Auditory-nerve activity in



cats with normal and abnormal cochleas; Discussion

The early detection of acoustic tumours by the stapedius reflex testDiscussion; The stapedius muscle reflex used as an objective recruitment test: a clinical and experimental study; Discussion; Causation and prevention of sensorineural hearing loss after ear surgery; Discussion; Where might we go from here?; General discussion; Topics for future research; Basic approach to research on sensorineural deafness; Chairman's closing remarks; Guest of honour's closing remarks; Author index; Subject index