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... extensively,little is known about the subsequent effect on the func-tion of the central nervous system. Impairment of the 2 28 Section III Disorders of the Auditory System and Their PathophysiologyBOX ... pressure non-invasively. The outcome of the test depends on finedetails of the anatomy of the stapes and its suspension in the oval window, the incudo-stapedial joint and the ori-entation of its ... in the way that they affect the patient and in how such disorders alter the outcome of audiomet-ric tests.Symptoms from the auditory system from patholo-gies of central portions of the auditory...

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... divide disorders of the auditory system in to peripheral and central disorders. Thisbook therefore takes an integrated approach to disor-ders of the auditory system. While most disorders of the auditory ... thoroughunderstanding of the basic functions of the entire audi-tory system and the interactions between the periph-eral and the central portions of the auditory system that may occur in various hearing disorders. Cochlear ... effort than any other part of the auditory system and the function of the auditory receptor organ is better known than that of any othersensory system. 5.1. Organ of Corti The organ of Corti contains...

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... entrance of the ear canal depends on the frequency of the sound and on the angle of incidence of the sound (direction to the sound source).6. The difference in time of arrival of a sound at the ... membrane and the length (and thereby the stiffness) of the hairsalso varies along the basilar membrane. These res-onators together with the traveling wave motion are the bases for the frequency ... conse-quences regarding the role of the place hypothesis forfrequency discrimination (see p. 100).Recognition of the role of a resonant system con-sisting of the tectorial membrane and the...

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... between the clas-sical and the non-classical auditory pathways. While the ICC is a part of the classical ascending auditory system the ICX and the DC are parts of the non-classical auditory system. ... function of the auditory nerv-ous system is important for understanding many disorders of the auditory system and it is a necessity fordeveloping better treatments of disorders of the audi-tory system. ... projections from the somatosensory system [270]. It is, however, the ICX of the IC and the 86 Section II The Auditory Nervous System FIGURE 5.9 Length of the main paths of the ascending auditory system...

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... description of the potentials on the surface of the head, determination of the location of a source of the potentials on the basis of distribution of the electrical voltage on the surface of the head ... between the middle of that line and the vertex. The origin of the vectors is the latency of the first peak in the dipole and the length is the relative strength of the dipoles. Note the short ... such as the cat,is approximately 0 .8 cm long [59]. The differencebetween the latency of the N1 of the AP and that of the response from the intracranial portion of the auditory nerve is the travel...

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... reducing the intensity of a sound (turning the volume of a loud-speaker down). Many forms of disorders of the conduc-tive apparatus will resolve on their own, as they oftendo in the case of otitis ... determine the absolute threshold of the acoustic middle-ear reflex. The “threshold” of the 184 Section II The Auditory Nervous System BOX 1 (cont’d)middle-ear muscles. Since then recordings of the ... 1 988 .75. Hall JW. Handbook of auditory evoked responses. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon, 1992.76. Harrison JM and Howe ME. Anatomy of the descending auditory system in auditory system. In: Handbook...

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... complex disorders of the auditory system and their causes are often obscure. Often it is not even pos-sible to identify the anatomical location of the physio-logical abnormalities that cause these ... range of sound intensities [ 58] . The number of channels that are required dependson the resolution of coding of the intensity of sounds in these frequency bands [ 184 ]. If the resolution of the coding ... 5.13) [173]. The subcortical connections to the amygdala from the auditory system (the low route) involve the dorsal part of the thalamus, which is a part of the non-classicalascending auditory...

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