80100
Advanced Auditory Physiology - 3 Credits

COURSE OFFERING
Fall 2003
Ph.D. Program in Speech and Hearing Sciences
Graduate Center  of The City University of New York

80100  Advanced Auditory Physiology
Tue 6:30-8:30

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

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 ear; Changes in the cochlea as a consequence of exposure to noise and ototoxic drugs; Hair cell regeneration and plasticity.

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