Neuropathies of the Auditory and Vestibular Eighth Cranial Nerves

Part I. Overview

1. “Hearing” and Auditory Neuropathy: Lessons from Patients, Physiology, and Genetics
Arnold Starr

Part II. Pathophysiology and Genetics

2. Auditory Nerve Disease, New Classification: Auditory and Vestibular Neuropathy
Kimitaka Kaga

3. Identification of Different Subtypes of Auditory Neuropathy Using Electrocochleography
Catherine M. McMahon, Robert B. Patuzzi, William P.R. Gibson, Halit Sanli

4. Sound Localization and Lateralization of Patients with Auditory Neuropathy
Kenji Itoh, Sozo Kuroki, Sotaro Sekimoto, Kimitaka Kaga

5. Trends in Genetic Research on Auditory Neuropathy
Tatsuo Matsunaga

Part III. Cochlear Implants

6. Environmental Sound Perception in Patients with Cochlear Implants Compared with That in Patients with Auditory Nerve Diseases (Auditory Neuropathy) and Cortical Deafness
Kimitaka Kaga, Yusuke Akamatsu

7. Pediatric Cochlear Implantation in Auditory Neuropathy
Lee-Suk Kim, Sung-Wook Jeong

8. Cochlear Implantation for Children with Auditory Neuropathy Among Japanese Language Users
Kunihiro Fukushima, Yuko Kataoka, Yukihide Maeda, Shin Kariya, Susumu Tominaga, Rie Nagayasu, Akihiro Kawasaki, Shouichiro Fukuda, Naomi Toida, Kazunori Nishizaki

9. Cochlear Implantation for a Child with Auditory Nerve Disease: a Case Report
Yukiko Shinjo, Yulian Jin, Kimitaka Kaga

Part IV. Vestibular Neuropathy

10. Vestibular Neuropathy and Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential
Toshihisa Murofushi

11. Impulsive Testing of Semicircular Canal Function
G. Michael Halmagyi, Konrad P. Weber, Swee T. Aw, Michael J. Todd, Ian S. Curthoys

Part V. Neurological Cases

12. Similarities and Differences Between Auditory Neuropathy and Acoustic Neuroma
Tatsuya Yamasoba

13. Diagnosis of Auditory Neuropathy (AN) in Child Neurology
Makiko Kaga, Masumi Inagaki, Kaori Kon, Akira Uno, Tatsuro Nobutoki

14. A Case of Unilateral Auditory Neuropathy
Yuki Saito, Mitsuya Suzuki, Tunemasa Sato

Part VI. Historical Issues

15. Prehistory of Auditory Neuropathy in Japan
Toshihiro Tsuzuku

16. Is Auditory Neuropathy an Appropriate Diagnosis if There Is No Neuropathy?
Roger R. Marsh, Ken Kazahaya

Nyckelord: Medicine & Public Health, Otorhinolaryngology, Neurology, Pediatrics