Auditory System - Clinical and Special Topics (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1976)

after heated and often bitter debates, SIEBENMANN'S opinion finally prevailed, i. e. , a contribution to cochlear lesions due to vibrations of the floor transmitted via bone conduction could not be demonstrated. For one thing, it was hard to see how appreciable amounts of energy could reach the ears in this manner, considering the attenuation that is bound to occur across each of the many joints along the pathway involved. In some older audiological surveys conducted in industry (e. g. , TEMKIN, 1933), groups of workmen were found who displayed signs of apical-turn lesions, i. e. , low-tone hearing losses for air and for bone. Such lesions could not be expected to results from exposure to air-borne sounds because of the low-frequency attenu ation of the middle ear. Although WITTMAACK'S explanation, which was frequently invoked in such reports, does no longer appear tenable, such apical-turn lesions could conceivably be caused by bone conduction components of high-intensity noise in the sense of BEKESY (1948). - As far as I am aware of, no newer studies have been conducted in this problem area, and the older experiments and/or surveys were done at times before signal parameters could be precisely controlled or measured. A detailed, critical review of the older studies on the potential contribution of bone-conducted energy to industrial hearing loss and its underlying pathology may be found in Werner (1940) who, incidently, favored SIEBENMANN'S point of VIew.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag
Country of origin:	Germany
Series:	Handbook of Sensory Physiology, 5 / 3
Release date:	November 2011
First published:	1976
Authors:	E.De Boer • W Connor • H. Davis • J.J. Eggermont • R Galambos • C.D. Geisler • G M Gerken • H E Von Gierke • C S Hallpike • E Jr Hawkins
Dimensions:	244 x 170 x 41mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	811
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1976
ISBN-13:	978-3-642-66084-9
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > Hospital administration & management
LSN:	3-642-66084-3
Barcode:	9783642660849

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