Published March, 2013
By Richard R. Fay, Arthur N. Popper, Sunil Puria and Arthur Popper
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Series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research
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The middle ear plays a vital role in the sense and sensitivity of hearing. Of the various characteristics that distinguish mammals from other vertebrates, several pertain specifically to the middle-ear system, such as the presence of three middle-ear bones and the four-layer composite structure of the tympanic membrane.

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Published December, 2012
By Richard R. Fay, Arthur N. Popper, David K. Ryugo and Arthur Popper
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Efferent sensory systems have emerged as major components of processing by the central nervous system. Whereas the afferent sensory systems bring environmental information into the brain, efferent systems function to monitor, sharpen, and attend selectively to certain stimuli while ignoring others.

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Published December, 2012
By Richard R. Fay, Arthur N. Popper, Mary Florentine and Arthur Popper
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Series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research
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Loudness in the laboratory, loudness of steady-state sounds and the loudness of time-varying sounds are also covered, as are hearing loss and models.

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Published November, 2012
By Richard R. Fay and Peter Dallos
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The nine review chapters, written by internationally distinguished auditory researchers, provide a detailed and unified introduction to sound processing in the cochlea and the steps by which the ensuing signals are prepared for the central nervous system.

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Published October, 2012
By Richard R. Fay, Arthur N. Popper, Yale Cohen, Yale E. Cohen and Arthur Popper
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For example, in many of these volumes, similar issues are discussed such as auditory-object identification and perception with different emphases: in Auditory Perception of Sound Sources, authors discuss the underlying psychophysics/behavior, whereas in the Human Auditory Cortex, fMRI data are presented.

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Published October, 2012
By Richard R. Fay, Arthur N. Popper, Mari Riess Jones and Arthur Popper
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The Springer Handbook of Auditory Research presents a series of comprehensive and synthetic reviews of the fundamental topics in modern auditory research. The v- umes are aimed at all individuals with interests in hearing research including advanced graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and clinical investigators.

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Published October, 2012
By Richard R. Fay
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Experimental approaches to auditory research make use of validated animal models to determine what can be generalized from one species to another. To address broader comparative issues, this book treats both fish and amphibians together, to overcome the differing theoretical and experimental paradigms that underlie most work on these groups.

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Published September, 2012
By Richard R. Fay and Ronald R. Hoy
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The Springer Handbook of Auditory Research presents a series of compre hensive and synthetic reviews of the fundamental topics in modern auditory research. The volumes are aimed at all individuals with interests in hearing research, including advanced graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and clinical investigators.

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Published July, 2012
By Jos J. Eggermont, Richard R. Fay, Arthur N. Popper, Fan-Gang Zeng and Arthur Popper
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research
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At present there is no cure for tinnitus, and treatment options are limited. Different from previous tinnitus books, including A. Moller's book [in press at Springer], which typically have a strong clinical flavor, the present volume focuses on neural mechanisms of tinnitus and its behavioral consequences.

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Published May, 2012
By Richard R. Fay, Arthur N. Popper, Ray Meddis, Enrique Lopez-Poveda and Arthur Popper
Publisher: Springer (Springer-Verlag New York Inc.)
Series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research
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The Springer Handbook of Auditory Research presents a series of comprehensive and synthetic reviews of the fundamental topics in modern auditory research. The v- umes are aimed at all individuals with interests in hearing research including advanced graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and clinical investigators.

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