Plasticity of the Auditory System

The auditory system has a remarkable ability to adjust to an ever-changing environment. The six review chapters that comprise Plasticity of the Central Auditory System cover a spectrum of issues concerning this ability to adapt, defined by the widely appl

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Series Editors: Richard R. Fay and Arthur N. Popper

SPRINGER HANDBOOK OF AUDITORY REsEARCH Volume 1: The Mammalian Auditory Pathway: Neuroanatomy Edited by Douglas B. Webster, Arthur N. Popper, and Richard R. Fay Volume 2: The Mammalian Auditory Pathway: Neurophysiology Edited by Arthur N. Popper and Richard R. Fay Volume 3: Human Psychophysics Edited by William fost, Arthur N. Popper, and Richard R. Fay Volume 4: Comparative Hearing: Mammals Edited by Richard R. Fay and Arthur N. Popper Volume 5: Hearing by Bats Edited by Arthur N. Popper and Richard R. Fay Volume 6: Auditory Computation Edited by Harold L Hawldns, Teresa A. McMullen, Arthur N. Popper, and Richard R. Fay Volume 7: Cünical Aspects of Hearing Edited by Thomas R. Van De Water, Arthur N. Popper, and Richard R. Fay Volume 8: The Cochlea Edited by Peter Dallos, Arthur N. Popper, and Richard R. Fay Volume 9: Development of the Auditory System Edited by Edwin W Rubel, Arthur N. Popper, and Richard R. Fay Volume 10: Comparative Hearing: lnsects Edited by Ronald Hoy, Arthur N. Popper, and Richard R. Fay Volume 11: Comparative Hearing: Fish and Amphibians Edited by Richard R. Fay and Arthur N. Popper Volume 12: Hearing by Whales and Dolphins Edited by Whitlow WL Au, Arthur N. Popper, and Richard R. Fay

Volume 13: Comparative Hearing: Birds and Reptiles Edited by Robert Dooling, Arthur N. Popper, and Richard R. Fay Volume 14: Genetics and Auditory Disorders Edited by Bronya J.B. Keats, Arthur N. Popper, and Richard R. Fay Volume 15: lntegrative Punctions in the Mammaüan Auditory Pathway Edited by Donata Oertel, Richard R. Fay, and Arthur N. Popper Volume 16: Acoustic Communication Edited by Andrea Simmons, Arthur N. Popper, and Richard R. Fay Volume 17: Compression: Prom Cochlea to Cochlear Implants Edited by Sid P. Bacon, Richard R. Fay, and Arthur N. Popper Volume 18: Speech Processing in the Auditory System Edited by Steven Greenberg, William Ainsworth, Arthur N. Popper, and Richard R. Fay Volume 19: The Vestibular System Edited by Stephen M. Highstein, Richard R. Fay, and Arthur N. Popper Volume 20: Cochlear Implants: Auditory Prostheses and Electric Hearing Edited by Fan-Gang Zeng, Arthur N. Popper, and Richard R. Fay Volume 21: Plasticity of the Auditory System Edited by Thomas N. Parks, Edwin W Rubel, and Richard N. Popper

Thomas N. Parks Edwin W Rubel Arthur N. Popper Richard R. Fay Editors

Plasticity of the Auditory System

With 48 lllustrations

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Thomas N. Parks Department of Neurobiology & Anatomy University of Utah School of Medicine Salt Lake City, UT 84132-3401 USA [email protected]

Arthur N. Popper Department of Biology and Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742-4415, USA [email protected]

Edwin W Rubel Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center

and Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195 [email protected] Richard R. Fay Department of Psychology and Parmly Hearing Institute Loyola University of Chicago Chi