Tinnitus

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Eggermont, Jos J. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Zeng, Fan-Gang (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Popper, Arthur N. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Fay, Richard R. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Σειρά: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, 44
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Neurology.; Otorhinolaryngology.; Medicine & Public Health.

Tinnitus is a prevalent hearing disease in humans, affecting 15% of the population. At present there is no cure for tinnitus, and treatment options are limited.  Recognizing the significance of tinnitus to hearing, as well as it serving as a window into the basic science of understanding of the hear...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• 1.Historical Reflections on Current Issues in Tinnitus
• 2. Behavioral Tests for Tinnitus in Animals
• 3.Molecular Mechanism of Tinnitus
• 4.The Cochlea and the Auditory Nerve as a Primary Source of Tinnitus
• 5.Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus: Somatosensory–Auditory Interactions in Tinnitus
• 6.The Inferior Colliculus: Involvement in Hyperactivity and Tinnitus
• 7.Cortex: Way Station or Locus of the Tinnitus Percept?
• 8.Human Brain Imaging of Tinnitus
• 9. The Psychophysics of Tinnitus
• 10. Stimulating the Auditory System to Treat Tinnitus: From Alleviating the Symptoms to Addressing the Causes
• 11.Treatment: Pharmacological, Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Epidural Stimulation, and Deep Brain Stimulation.