Deafness, hearing loss, and the auditory system [[electronic resource] /] / editors, Derick Fiedler and Rowland Krause

• Pubblicazione: Hauppauge, NY, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (411 p.)
• Disciplina: 617.8
• Soggetto topico: Hearing disorders; Deafness
• Altri autori: FiedlerDerick KrauseRowland
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""DEAFNESS, HEARING LOSS AND THE AUDITORY SYSTEM""; ""DEAFNESS, HEARING LOSS AND THE AUDITORY SYSTEM""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""THE VENTRAL COMPLEX OF THE LATERAL LEMNISCUS: A REVIEW""; ""ABSTRACT""; ""LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""GENERAL OVERVIEW OF THE ASCENDINGAUDITORY PATHWAY""; ""ANATOMY OF THE NUCLEI OF THE LATERAL LEMNISCUS""; ""VCLL Parcellation""; ""Ventral VNLL""; ""Anterior VNLL""; ""Dorsal VNLL""; ""Arguments for and Against the INLL Subdivision""; ""VCLL Parcellation in Echolocating Species""; ""VCLL Anatomy and Parcellation in the Rat"" ; ""Cytoarchitecture and Morphology of VCLL Neurons""""Cytoarchitecture and Morphology of INLL Neurons""; ""Cytoarchitecture and Morphology of VNLL Neurons""; ""Cytoarchitecture and Morphology of VCLL Neurons in the Rat""; ""TOPOGRAPHY AND TONOTOPICITY WITHIN THE VCLL""; ""Tonotopic Organisation in the VCLL""; ""Topographic Organisation of the VCLL with Respect to Inputs and Outputs""; ""Tonotopic and Topographic Organisation of the Echolocating Bat VCLL""; ""Evaluation of Tonotopic and Topographic Models""; ""CONNECTIONS OF THE VENTRAL NUCLEUS OF THELATERAL LEMNISCUS"" ; ""Ascending Auditory Afferents to the VCLL""""Sources of Excitatory and Inhibitory inputs to the VCLL""; ""Major Ascending Efferents from the VCLL""; ""The VNLL is a Major Source of Inhibition to the IC""; ""Intrinsic Projections of the VCLL""; ""Input from the Octopus Cell Area and Calyceal Synapses in the VCLL""; ""Characteristics of Input to the VCLL from Octopus Cells""; ""Characteristics of Calyceal Synapses in the VCLL Of Mammals""; ""Source of VCLL Calyces""; ""Neurons Receiving Calyces in the VCLL""; ""RESPONSE PROPERTIES OF VCLL NEURONS"" ; ""Frequency Tuning Properties of VCLL Neurons""""Tuning Properties of VCLL Neurons in Echolocating Bats""; ""Tuning Properties of VCLL Cells in Non-Echolocating Species""; ""Classification of Response Types of VCLL Neurons""; ""Response Types in Echolocating Species""; ""Response Types in Non-Echolocating Species""; ""Powerful, Fast Inhibition before First Action Potential in the VCLL""; ""Correlation between Physiology and Morphology of Neurons in the VCLL""; ""Binaural Responses of VCLL Neurons""; ""FUNCTIONAL ROLE OF THE VCLL INAUDITORY PROCESSING""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""REFERENCES"" ; ""NOISE-INDUCED HEARING LOSS IN YOUTH CAUSED BY LEISURE NOISE""""ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PATHOPHYSIOLOGY AND DIAGNOSIS OF NOISE-INDUCED HEARING LOSS""; ""PREVALENCE OF NOISE-INDUCED HEARING LOSS CAUSED BY LEISURE NOISE""; ""LEISURE NOISE ACTIVITIES""; ""1. Personal Music Players""; ""1.1. Listening habits""; ""1.2. Short- and long term auditory effects""; ""2. Attendance of Discotheques, Nightclubs or Live Concerts""; ""2.1. Attendance habits""; ""2.2. Short- and long term effects""; ""3. Conclusion""; ""PREVENTION OF NOISE-INDUCED HEARING LOSS CAUSED BY LEISURE NOISE"" ; ""CASE STUDIES""
• Titolo autorizzato: Deafness, hearing loss, and the auditory system
• ISBN: 1-61761-959-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910779512903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Otolaryngology Research Advances