Central Auditory Pathway Disorders

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Buch | Hardcover
146 Seiten
2009 | 2009 ed.
Springer Verlag, Japan
978-4-431-26654-9 (ISBN)

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Central Auditory Pathway Disorders - Kimitaka Kaga
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The purpose of this book is to describe hearing problems which are caused by various kinds of brain diseases in central auditory pathway. Readers will understand what happens in patients, when bilateral auditory nerve and auditory cortex are damaged in patients.
Brain imaging and neurophysiological methods have been rapidly developed. The purpose of this book is to describe hearing problems which are caused by various kinds of brain diseases in central auditory pathway. Each topic is explained to use a lot of figures such as brain imaging and neurophysiological data comparing with neuropsychological tests. Readers will understand what happens in patients, when bilateral auditory nerve and auditory cortex are damaged in patients. Some patients can hear but cannot discriminate meanings of speech, music and environmental sounds. The author tries to explain why such a difference occurs.

1. Introduction.- 2. Origins of Evoked Potentials.- 3. Development and Brain Stem Responses (ABRs).- 4. Auditory Nerve Lesions.- 5. Brain Stem and Midbrain Lesions.- 6. Unilateral Auditory Radiation and/or Auditory Cortex Lesions and Perception.- 7. Bilateral Auditory Cortex and/or Auditory Radiation Lesion and Perception.- 8. Auditory Agnosia in Children.- 9. Auditory Cortex Lesion and Sound Lateraliaztion: Interaural Time Difference Versus the Interaural Intensity Difference.- 10. Corpus Callosum Lesions.

Zusatzinfo VII, 146 p.
Verlagsort Tokyo
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 454 g
Themenwelt Medizin / Pharmazie Gesundheitsfachberufe Logopädie
Medizinische Fachgebiete Chirurgie Neurochirurgie
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete HNO-Heilkunde
Medizin / Pharmazie Medizinische Fachgebiete Neurologie
ISBN-10 4-431-26654-2 / 4431266542
ISBN-13 978-4-431-26654-9 / 9784431266549
Zustand Neuware
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