Main description:

The Auditory System in Sleep, Second Edition presents a view of a sensory system working in a different state, that of the sleeping brain. This updated edition contains new chapters on topics such as implanted deaf patients and sleep and tinnitus treatments. It is written for basic auditory system and sleep researchers, as well as practitioners and clinicians in the Auditory/Sensory Neurosciences and Sleep Medicine. As the auditory system is always "open", thus receiving information from the environment and the body itself (conscious and unconscious data), the incoming sensory information may alter sleep and waking physiology, and conversely, the sleeping brain.

This book draws information from evoked potentials, fMRI, PET, SPECT, lesions, and more.

Contents:

1. Brief analysis of the auditory system organization and its physiologic basis 2. The Physiologic Basis of Sleep 3. Notes on Information Processing 4. Auditory Information Processing during Sleep 5. Auditory Unit Activity in Sleep 6. Auditory Influences on Sleep 7. Tinnitus treatment during sleep 8. Other sensory modalities in sleep 9. Final Conclusions