Natural and Artificial Control of Hearing and Balance [Hardback]

Part 1 Vestibular and auditory receptor physiology: efferent synapse
mechanisms in chick hair cells; cochlear function reflected in mammalian hair
cell responses; sound processing by a.c. and d.c. movements of cochlear outer
hair cells; performance of the avian inner ear; mechanical demodulation of
hydrodynamic stimuli performed by the lateral line organ. Part 2 Otoacoustic
emissions: amplitude fluctuations of spontaneous otoacoustic emissions caused
by internal and externally applied noise sources; exploration of cochlear
function by otoacoustic emmissions - relationship to pure-tone audiometry;
distortion-product otoacoustic emmissions in normal and impaired ears -
insights into generation processes. Part 3 Central auditory physiology:
responses to speech signals in the normal and pathological peripheral
auditory system; varieties of inhibition in the processing and control of
processing in the mammalian cochlear nucleus; functional consequences of
neonatal unilateral cochlear removal; functional organization and
learning-related placticity in auditory cortex of the mongolian gerbil. Part
4 Interaction of cortical and proprioceptive reflex pathways controlling
posture and gait: new aspects of human muscle coordination as revealed by
motor-unit studies; interactions between pathways controlling posture and
gait at the level of spinal interneurones in the cat; fusimotor control of
proprioceptive feedback during locomotion and balancing - can simple lessons
be learned for artificial control of gait?. Part 5 Vestibular control of
posture: synaptic organization of the vestibulo-collic pathways from six
semicircular canals to motoneurons of different neck muscles; vestibulospinal
reflexes and the reticular formation; stance and balance following bilateral
labyrinthectomy. Part 6 Neuroprosthetic control of hearing: quantitative
comparison of electrically and acoustically evoked auditory perception -
implications for the location of perceptual mechanisms; pattern recognition
and masking in cochlear implant patients; a digital speech processor and
various speech encoding strategies for cochlear implants; new hardware for
analog and combined analog and pulsatile sound-encoding strategies. Part 7
Neuroprosthetic control of posture and gait: synergies and strategies
underlying normal and vestibularly deficient control of balance -
implications for neuroprosthetic control; human standing posture - multijoint
movement strategies based on biomechanical contraints; an integrated
EMG/biomechanical model of upper body balance and posture during human gait;
control of standing and gait using electrical stimulation - influence of
muscle model complexity on control strategy. (Part Contents).