Active Processes and Otoacoustic Emissions in Hearing (Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, 30)

Sounds that are actually produced by healthy ears allow researchers and clinicians to study hearing and cochlear function noninvasively in both animals and humans. __Active Processes and Otoacoustic Emissions in Hearing__ presents the first serious review of the biological basis of these otoacoustic emissions. Active processes, such as those in hair cells that produce emissions, represent a burgeoning and important area of sensory research. By providing a basis for understanding how and why otoacoustic emissions testing works through a basic understanding of general hearing processes, this volume will also interest clinicians, particularly otolaryngologists and audiologists. __Contents:__ + Otoacoustic Emissions - Origins __David Kemp__ + Traveling Waves, Second Filters and Physiological Vulnerability: A Short History of the Discovery of Active Processes in Hearing __Nigel P. Cooper, James O. Pickles and Geoffrey A. Manley__ + Critical Oscillators as Active Elements in Hearing __Thomas A. J. Duke and Frank Jülicher__ + Active Hair-Bundle Motility of the Hair Cells of Vestibular and Auditory Organs __Pascal Martin__ + The Morphological Specializations and Electromotility of the Mammalian Outer Hair Cell __Richard Hallworth and Heather C. Jensen-Smith__ + Active Processes in Insect Hearing __Martin Göpfert and Daniel Robert__ + Otoacoustic Emissions in Amphibians, Lepidosaurs and Archosaurs __Geoffrey A. Manley and Pim van Dijk__ + Otoacoustic Emissions: Basic Studies in Mammalian Models __Brenda Lonsbury-Martin and Glen Martin__ + Mechanisms of Mammalian Otoacoustic Emission __Christopher A. Shera and John J. Guinan, Jr.__ + Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms in the Efferent Control of Cochlear Nonlinearities __Ian J. Russell and Andrei N. Lukashkin__ + Cochlear Models Incorporating Active Processes __Stephen Neely and Duck On Kim__ + Relations between Otoacoustic and Psychophysical Measures of Cochlear Function __Tiffany A. Johnson, Michael P. Gorga, Stephen T. Neely, Andrew J. Oxenham and Christopher A. Shera__ + Otoacoustic Emissions as a Diagnostic Tool in a Clinical Context __Thomas Janssen and Jörg Müller__ + Future Directions in the Study of Active Processes and Otoacoustic Emissions __Geoffrey A. Manley and William E. Brownell__ __About the editors:__ __Geoffrey A. Manley,__ Lehrstuhl fur Zoologie, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany. __Richard R. Fay__ is Director of the Parmly Hearing Institute and Professor of Psychology at Loyola University of Chicago. __Arthur N. Popper__ is Professor in the Department of Biology and Co-Director of the Center for Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Hearing at the University of Maryland, College Park. __About the series:__ __The Springer Handbook of Auditory Research__ presents a series of synthetic reviews of fundamental topics dealing with auditory systems. Each volume is independent and authoritative; taken as a set, this series is the definitive resource in the field. Sounds that are actually produced by healthy ears allow researchers and clinicians to study hearing and cochlear function noninvasively in both animals and humans. This book presents the first serious review of the biological basis of these otoacoustic emissions. Active processes, such as those in hair cells that produce emissions, represent a burgeoning and important area of sensory research. By providing a basis for understanding how and why otoacoustic emissions testing works through a basic understanding of general hearing processes, this volume will also interest clinicians, particularly otolaryngologists and audiologists. The cochlea does not just pick up sound, it also produces sounds of low intensity called Otoacoustic Emissions (OAEs). Sounds produced by healthy ears – either spontaneously or in response to stimuli - allow researchers and clinicians to study hearing and cochlear function noninvasively in both animals and humans. This book presents the first serious review of the biological basis of these otoacoustic emissions. Presents a review of the biological basis of these otoacoustic emissions. This book provides a basis for understanding how and why otoacoustic emissions testing works using a basic understanding of general hearing processes. It is suitable for clinicians, particularly otolaryngologists and audiologists