Understanding the Cochlea

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Manley, Geoffrey A. (Editor), Gummer, Anthony W. (Editor), Popper, Arthur N. (Editor), Fay, Richard R. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, 62
• Subjects: Medicine.; Neurosciences.; Otorhinolaryngology.; Medicine & Public Health.

This SHAR volume serves to expand, supplement, and update the original "Cochlea" volume in the series. The book aims to highlight the power of diverse modern approaches in cochlear research by focusing on advances in those fields over the last two decades. It also provides insights into wh...

Table of Contents:

• Major steps in cochlear research
• The cochlea: What it is, where it came from and what is special about it
• New discoveries in cochlear development
• Mechanical transduction processes in the HC
• Prestin: Mechanics, genetics
• Cochlear mechanics
• Hair cells and their synapses
• Afferents and efferents, noise damage and coding
• Ionic homeostasis
• Remote sensing the cochlea
• Cochlear stimulation with light.