The peripheral auditory system
Master
In Maynard (USA)
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Master
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Maynard (USA)
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In this course, experimental approaches to the study of hearing and deafness are presented through lectures, laboratory exercises and discussions of the primary literature on the auditory periphery. Topics include inner-ear development, functional anatomy of the inner ear, cochlear mechanics and micromechanics, mechano-electric transduction by hair cells, outer hair cells' electromotility and the cochlear amplifier, otoacoustic emissions, synaptic transmission, stimulus coding in auditory nerve responses, efferent control of cochlear function, damage and repair of hair-cell organs, and sensorineural hearing loss.
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- Anatomy
Course programme
Lectures: 2 sessions / week, 2 hours / session
Recitations: 1 session / week, 1 hour / session
There are two lectures per week, one devoted to a 'real' lecture containing new material, and one devoted to discussions of research papers with topics from previous lectures. You will be expected to read these papers and turn in written answers to the 'study questions' before the discussion lecture. There are six recitation sessions scheduled throughout the term, in which problem sets will be discussed. Finally, there are two labs: anatomy (viewing slides of auditory structures) and a physiology experiment (assessment of mouse hearing).
In addition to completing the 6 problem sets, each week, students will:
At least twice during the semester, each student will present a 15-minute oral summary of one of the papers assigned for Discussion. In preparation for this presentation, each student will meet twice with an Instructor.
Once during the semester, each student will be Discussion leader for a Paper Discussion and will be responsible for producing a short (5-page) summary of the salient points.
For Mouse Hearing Laboratory, students will work in small groups and each group will prepare and present a Lab Report during one of the Discussion Sessions.
There will be a final exam.
Students are strongly encouraged to buy two books:
Geisler, C. Daniel. From Sound to Synapse: Physiology of the Mammalian Ear. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN: 9780195100259.
Alberts, Bruce, et al. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 4th ed. New York, NY: Garland Science, 2002. ISBN: 9780815332183.
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The peripheral auditory system