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Comparative Hearing: Fish and Amphibians /

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A major goal of hearing research is to explain how the human auditory system normally functions and to help identify the causes of and treatments for hearing impairment. Experimental approaches to this research make use of animal models that are developed, evaluated and validated to determine what c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fay, Richard R.
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Popper, Arthur N.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint : Springer, 1999.
Series:Springer handbook of auditory research ; 11.
Subjects:
Medicine.
Human physiology.
Neurosciences.
Physiology.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Hearing in Fishes and Amphibians: An Introduction
  • Hearing in Two Worlds: Theoretical and Realistic Adaptive Changes of the Aquatic and Terrestrial Ear for Sound Reception
  • The Auditory Periphery in Fishes
  • The Acoustic Periphery of Amphibians: Anatomy and Physiology
  • Anatomy of the Central Auditory Pathways of Fish and Amphibians
  • Central Auditory Processing in Fishes and Amphibians
  • The Enigmatic Lateral Line
  • Acoustic Communications in Fishes and Frogs.