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An aristocratic and blue-collar town, a technological and esoteric
site, it's easy to get lost in Turin's well-ordered boulevards that
gently follow the Po river. You will find warm and sweet shelter in
its Art Nouveau cafés or be astonished by the sudden sight of the
white mountain peaks that crown it. Turin, in the heart of
Piedmonte, has always been a capital: of the Savoy family, of
Italy, of the Alps, of publishing, of industry. A very elegant city
that gave birth to the first marketable hard chocolate and Italy's
most iconic car, the Fiat 500 - and also gave hospitality to the
most important figures in European culture. Visionary architects
and enlightened entrepreneurs made it great and beautiful and the
city is now booming with contemporary art, live music, museums, and
innovative food and wine culture. This guide will reveal 111
different faces of Turin: places, flavours, shades, and people.
Audiological medicine is a relatively new specialty spanning the
investigation, diagnosis and medical management of hearing and
balance disorders. Recent years have seen its growth as a separate
medical discipline, although its practice depends not only upon a
clear understanding of the basic sciences relevant to auditory and
vestibular function, but also upon experience and knowledge in a
wide range of clinical disciplines relevant to hearing and balance
disorders, including genetics, immunology, pediatrics, geriatrics,
neurology, otolaryngology, ophthalmology, psychiatry and general
internal medicine. A Textbook of Audiological Medicine integrates
the science and medicine of auditory and vestibular disorders,
providing the first comprehensive textbook on the subject. There
are five main sections; the first deals with both the auditory and
vestibular systems, and then each system is considered in terms of
the relevant basic sciences and clinical disorders.
The field of generic hearing impairment is one where rapid advances
are taking place, and it can often be difficult for Audiologists to
keep track of the broader picture. In this important new text the
authors take a synoptic approach and summarize the causes and basis
of hearing impairments, the impact on the individual and the
therapies available, and the benefits and potential benefits of
current developments.
What's it like to sit on a bench made for someone 32 feet tall? Why
are cardoons hunchback? Where will you find a masterpiece of early
Spanish painting, envied by the Prado Museum? Which food is
precious enough to merit an auction? Langhe, Roero and Monferrato,
treasures of the Piemonte region, have been included by UNESCO on
their World Heritage List for their wine landscape. These are
territories profoundly different from one another, where ancient
agricultural traditions are combined with continual research and
innovation. Along with top quality wine and food, you will find
small villages and historic castles on top of hills, caressed by
fog and fecundity, and also painters, writers and sport champions
who have become legends. This is an uncommon tour through 111 and
more places, stories and secrets of one of most extraordinary and
unknown areas of Italy.
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