Geoffrey A. Manley Lehrstuhl fur Zoologie, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany.Anthony W. Gummer is Professor at the University of Tübingen in the Department of Otolaryngology.Arthur N. Popper is Professor Emeritus and Research Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Maryland, College Park.Richard R. Fay is Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology at Loyola University, Chicago.

“This book is extremely technical and presumes a strong background in hearing research. This book is very beneficial for researchers.” (Joseph Grenier, Amazon.de, May,2018)

• Major steps in cochlear research.- The cochlea: What it is, where it came from and what is special about it.- New discoveries in cochlear development.- Mechanical transduction processes in the HC.- Prestin: Mechanics, genetics.- Cochlear mechanics.- Hair cells and their synapses.- Afferents and efferents, noise damage and coding.- Ionic homeostasis.- Remote sensing the cochlea.- Cochlear stimulation with light.

Geoffrey A. Manley Lehrstuhl fur Zoologie, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany.Anthony W. Gummer is Professor at the University of Tübingen in the Department of Otolaryngology.Arthur N. Popper is Professor Emeritus and Research Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Maryland, College Park.Richard R. Fay is Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology at Loyola University, Chicago.

“This book is extremely technical and presumes a strong background in hearing research. This book is very beneficial for researchers.” (Joseph Grenier, Amazon.de, May,2018)

• Major steps in cochlear research.- The cochlea: What it is, where it came from and what is special about it.- New discoveries in cochlear development.- Mechanical transduction processes in the HC.- Prestin: Mechanics, genetics.- Cochlear mechanics.- Hair cells and their synapses.- Afferents and efferents, noise damage and coding.- Ionic homeostasis.- Remote sensing the cochlea.- Cochlear stimulation with light.

Geoffrey A. Manley Lehrstuhl fur Zoologie, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany.Anthony W. Gummer is Professor at the University of Tübingen in the Department of Otolaryngology.Arthur N. Popper is Professor Emeritus and Research Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Maryland, College Park.Richard R. Fay is Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology at Loyola University, Chicago.

“This book is extremely technical and presumes a strong background in hearing research. This book is very beneficial for researchers.” (Joseph Grenier, Amazon.de, May,2018)

• Major steps in cochlear research.- The cochlea: What it is, where it came from and what is special about it.- New discoveries in cochlear development.- Mechanical transduction processes in the HC.- Prestin: Mechanics, genetics.- Cochlear mechanics.- Hair cells and their synapses.- Afferents and efferents, noise damage and coding.- Ionic homeostasis.- Remote sensing the cochlea.- Cochlear stimulation with light.