NEURBIO 260: Auditory Neuroscience is taught in Fall Quarter by Professors Karina Cramer, Raju Metherate, and John Middlebrooks.
Dr. Karina Cramer
Dr. Raju Metherate
Dr. John Middlebrooks
Concurrent with BIO SCI N147.
Course Objective:
Multidisciplinary overview of brain mechanisms of hearing. Emphasizes breadth of auditory function and research: single neurons to psychoacoustics, the chochlea to the cortex, and basic science to clinic.
Sample Syllabus:
| # | Topic |
| 1 | Introduction/Orientation |
| 2 | Sound, Cochlea |
| 3 | Sensory Transduction |
| 4 | Noice-Induced Damage |
| 5 | Auditory Coding of Speech Sounds |
| 6 | Auditory Nerve |
| 7 | Auditory Brainstem Anatomy and Physiology I |
| 8 | Auditory Brainstem Anatomy and Physiology II |
| 9 | MIDTERM EXAM I |
| 10 | Special Hearing I |
| 11 | Special Hearing II |
| 12 | Auditory Cellular Specialization |
| 13 | Development I |
| 14 | Development II |
| 15 | Journal Discussion |
| 16 | Development III |
| 17 | MIDTERM EXAM II |
| 18 | Auditory Forebrain |
| 19 | A1 |
| 20 | Auditory Cortex Processing and Plasticity I |
| 21 | No Class – Veteran’s Day |
| 22 | Journal Discussion |
| 23 | Auditory Cortex Processing and Plasticity II |
| 24 | Psychoacoustics I |
| 25 | Psychoacoustics II |
| 26 | Journal Discussion |
| 27 | Psychoacoustics III |
| 28 | MIDTERM EXAM III |
| 29 | Psychoacoustics IV |
| 30 | Foundation of Auditory Prosthesis |
| 31 | No Class – Thanksgiving |
| 32 | TBA |
| 33 | Clinical: Cochlear implants |
| 34 | Clinical: Future Directions |
| 35 | Journal Discussion |
| 36 | MIDTERM EXAM IV |