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...

Table of Contents:

• 1. The Middle Ear: Science and Applications Sunil Puria
• 2. The Evolution and Development of Middle Ears in Land Vertebrates Geoffrey A. Manley and Ulrike J. Sienknecht
• 3. Comparative Middle-Ear Structure and Function in Vertebrates John J. Rosowski
• 4. Function and Acoustics of the Normal and Diseased Middle Ear Susan E. Voss, Hideko Heidi Nakajima, and Alexander M. Huber
• 5. Quasi-Static Pressures in the Middle-Ear Cleft Joris J. J. Dirckx, Yael Marcusohn, and Michael L. Gaihede
• 6. Bone Conduction and the Middle Ear Stefan Stenfelt
• 7. Modeling of Middle-Ear Mechanics W. Robert J. Funnell, Nima Maftoon, and Willem F. Decraemer
• 8. Diagnostic Measurements and Imaging Technologies for the Middle Ear Gerald R. Popelka and Lisa L. Hunter
• 9. Surgical Reconstruction and Passive Prostheses Saumil N. Merchant and John J. Rosowski
• 10. Middle-Ear Hearing Devices Sunil Puria.