80800
Seminar in Hearing Science: Auditory Physiology - 3 Credits

COURSE OFFERING
Spring 2008
Ph.D. Program in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
Graduate Center  of The City University of New York

80800 Auditory Physiology
Mon 2:00-4:00pm

Instructor: Glenis Long
glong@gc.cuny.edu
Room:  7400.17
Tel:       212-817-8801 (GC)

The class will be a seminar course shaped to fit the interests of the participants. It is intended to be an in depth overview of the biological bases of hearing and will include the following topics: The acoustics and mechanical properties of the outer, middle and inner ears; The mechanical to electrical and electrical to mechanical function of haircells; Models of cochlear and middle ear function; The neurophysiology and pharmacology of the central auditory system; Efferent pathways in the auditory system; The evolution of the auditory system; The development (from conception to death) of the auditory system; Changes in auditory processing as a results of damage by noise and ototoxic drugs.  The emphasis will be on the central auditory system, but peripheral processing will be reviewed, as it influences much of the central processing. 

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