The human inner ear. (Figure by MIT OCW.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Christopher Shera
Prof. John Guinan, Jr.
Prof. John Rosowski
MIT Course Number
HST.720
As Taught In
Fall 2004
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Description
Topics for this course are based primarily on reading and discussions of original research literature that cover the analysis as well as the underlying physical and physiological mechanisms of acoustic signals in the auditory periphery. Topics include the acoustics, mechanics, and hydrodynamics of sound transmission; the biophysical basis for cochlear amplification; the physiology of hair-cell transduction and synaptic transmission; efferent feedback control; the analysis and coding of simple and complex sounds by the inner ear; and the physiological bases for hearing disorders.