Table of Contents: Preface
Chapter 1. The Ventral Complex of the Lateral Lemniscus: A Review, pp. 1-79
(David A.X. Nayagam, Janine C. Clarey & Antonio G. Paolini)
Chapter 2. Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in Youth Caused by Leisure Noise, pp. 81-110
(H. Keppler, B. Vinck, I. Dhooge, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium)
Chapter 3. Current Concepts in Radiation-Induced Sensori-Neural Hearing Loss, pp. 111-135
(Wong-Kein Low, Department of Otolaryngology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore)
Chapter 4. Target Antigens in Immune-Mediated Hearing Loss: From Recognition to Diagnostic Tool , pp. 137-157
(Boulassel Mohamed-Rachid, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Canada)
Chapter 5. Damage of Chronic Sublethal Hypoxia to the Immature Auditory Brainstem, pp. 159-180
(Ze Dong Jiang, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom)
Chapter 6. Treatment of Tinnitus with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, pp. 181-195
(Tobias Kleinjung, Berthold Langguth, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany and others)
Chapter 7. An Informatics Approach to Studying the Role of Myosins in the Inner Ear , pp. 197-210
(Christopher M. Frenz, Department of Computer Engineering Technology, New York City College of Technology (CUNY), Brooklyn, NY)
Chapter 8. Tight Junction Proteins and the Etiology of Hereditary Hearing Loss in Humans and Animal Models , pp. 211-225
(Tamar Ben-Yosef, Department of Genetics, The Rappaport Family Institute for Research in the Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel)
Chapter 9. A Systematic Review of Hearing Protective Devices: Types, Uses and Safety , pp. 227-248
(Regina P. El Dib, McMaster University, St. Joseph´s Healthcare Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada)
Chapter 10. DPOAE Abnormalities after Perinatal Asphyxia, pp. 249-262
(Ze Dong Jiang, Department of Paediatrics, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, United Kingdom)
Chapter 11. Role of Otoacoustic Emissions in Hearing Loss Evaluation, pp. 263-277
(Arturo Moleti, Renata Sisto, Angelo Tirabasso, Stefano Di Girolamo, Physics Dept., University of Roma Tor Vergata, Roma, Italy, and others)
Chapter 12. Sodium Enoxiparin in the Treatment of Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss , pp. 279-289
(Angelo Salami, Mora Renzo, Mora Francesco, Barbara Crippa, Massimo Dellepiane, ENT Department, University of Genoa, Italy)
Chapter 13. Molecular Screening of Deafness in Populations and Patients with Nonsyndromic Congenital Deafness from the Volga-Ural Region of Russia, pp. 291-300
(Lilya U. Dzhemileva, Irina M. Khidiyatova, Elza K. Khusnutdinova, Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics Ufa Scientific Center Russian Academy of Science, Russia)
Chapter 14. Signs of Binaural Processing with Bilateral Cochlear Implants in the Case of Someone with More Than 50 Years of Unilateral Deafness, pp. 301-311
(Celene McNeill, William Noble, Anna O’Brien, Healthy Hearing & Balance Care, Bondi Junction, NSW, Australia, and others)
Chapter 15. Cisplatin Ototoxicity: A Key for the Understanding of the Inner Ear Pathology , pp. 313-322
(José Ramón García-Berrocal, Rafael Ramírez-Camacho, José Ángel González-García, Rodrigo Martínez-Monedero, Servicio de Otorrinolaringología, Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain)
Chapter 16. Modeling the Perceptual Masking Properties of the Human Auditory System Using Neural Networks, pp. 323-332
(Hossein L. Najafi, Department of Computer Science, University of Wisconsin, River Falls, Wisconsin, USA)
Chapter 17. Perceptual Features for Robust Speech Recognition, pp. 333-372
(Serajul Haque, Roberto Togneri, Lecturer School of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Western Australia, and others)
Commentary: Acupuncture in the Treatment of Ear Disorders , pp. 373
(Wong-Kein Low, Department of Otolaryngology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore)
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