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Active processes and otoacoustic emissions in hearing / edited by Geoffrey Allen Manley, Richard R. Fay, Arthur N. Popper. - New York : Springer, 2008. - xvii, 484 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Springer handbook of auditory research ; v. 30 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Otoacoustic Emissions: Concepts and Origins.- Traveling Waves, Second Filters, and Physiological Vulnerability: A Short History of the Discovery of Active Processes in Hearing.- Critical Oscillators as Active Elements in Hearing.- Active Hair-Bundle Motility of the Hair Cells of Vestibular and Auditory Organs.- The Morphological Specializations and Electromotility of the Mammalian Outer Hair Cell.- Active Processes in Insect Hearing.- Otoacoustic Emissions in Amphibians, Lepidosaurs, and Archosaurs.- Otoacoustic Emissions: Basic Studies in Mammalian Models.- Mechanisms of Mammalian Otoacoustic Emission.- Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms in the Efferent Control of Cochlear Nonlinearities.- Cochlear Models Incorporating Active Processes.- Relationships Between Otoacoustic and Psychophysical Measures of Cochlear Function.- Otoacoustic Emissions as a Diagnostic Tool in a Clinical Context.- Future Directions in the Study of Active Processes and Otoacoustic Emissions.

ISBN: 9781441924438 (hbk. : acidfree paper) 9780387714691 (e ISBN)

LCCN: 2007922744

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA742990 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 013761262 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Otoacoustic emissions.
Cochlea--Physiology.

LC Class. No.: RF294.5.O76 / A38 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 617.882 2 MAN