Auditory Evoked Potentials: Basic Principles and Clinical Application

by Robert F. Burkard, Manuel Don, Jos J. Eggermont

Auditory Evoked Basic Principles and Clinical Application features a team of expert authors who collectively offer the clinical and scientific experience needed for a comprehensive presentation of the state of the art in the field. This book reviews the nature of electrical fields that generate surface recorded potentials and summarizes the imaging modalities that complement evoked potential studies. Detailed reviews of acoustics and instrumentation provide the novice with an accurate technical overview. Chapters are dedicated to reviews of the anatomy and physiology of the auditory periphery, brainstem, and cortex; others describe the various classes of auditory evoked potentials, myogenic responses, and visual, somatosensory, and vestibular evoked potentials. Highlights and Features— From theory to basic science to clinical applications, this book is truly a comprehensive treatise on auditory evoked potentials.

731 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 2006