The Middle Ear Science, Otosurgery, and Technology /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Puria, Sunil (Editor), Fay, Richard R. (Editor), Popper, Arthur N. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research,
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human physiology.; Neurosciences.; Neurobiology.; Biomedicine.; Human Physiology.

The middle ear plays a vital role in the sense and sensitivity of hearing. Of the various characteristics that distinguish mammals from other vertebrates, several pertain specifically to the middle-ear system, such as the presence of three middle-ear bones and the four-layer composite structure of t...