Springer Hearing and Hormones: 57 (Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, 57)

This book reviews the growing literature that is consistent with the hypothesis that hormones can regulate auditory physiology and perception across a broad range of animal taxa, including humans. Understanding how hormones modulate auditory function has far reaching implications for advancing our knowledge in the basic biomedical sciences and in understanding the evolution of acoustic communication systems. A fundamental goal of neuroscience is to understand how hormones modulate neural circuits and behavior. For example, steroids such as estrogens and androgens are well-known regulators of vocal motor behaviors used during social acoustic communication. Recent studies have shown that these same hormones can also greatly influence the reception of social acoustic signals, leading to the more efficient exchange of acoustic information. From the Back Cover A fundamental goal of neuroscience is to understand how hormones modulate neural circuits and behavior. Hearing and Hormones reviews the growing literature showing that hormones can regulate auditory physiology and anatomy, and the perception of acoustic signals across a broad range of animal taxa, including humans.   ·         Hearing and Hormones: Paying Homage to the Comparative Approach by Andrew H. Bass ·         Hormone-Dependent Plasticity of Auditory Systems in Fishes by Paul M. Forlano, Karen P. Maruska, Joseph A. Sisneros, and Andrew H. Bass ·         Effects of Steroid Hormones on Hearing and Communication in Frogs by Walt Wilczynski and Sabrina S. Burmeister ·         Modulation of Peripheral and Central Auditory Processing by Estrogens in Birds by Melissa L. Caras and Luke Remage-Healey ·         Hormones and the Incentive Salience of Bird Song by Donna L. Maney and Carlos A. Rodriguez-Saltos ·         Hormone-Dependent and Experience-Dependent Auditory Plasticity for Social Communication by Kelly K. Chong and Robert C. Liu ·         Thyroid Hormone and the Mammalian Auditory System by Douglas Forrest and Lily Ng ·         Hormone Replacement Therapy and Its Effects on Human Hearing by Robert D. Frisina and D. Robert Frisina   About the Editors: Andrew H. Bass is Professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, and Senior Associate Vice Provost for Research at Cornell University. Joseph A. Sisneros is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and an adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Washington. Richard R. Fay is Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology at Loyola University Chicago. Arthur N. Popper is Professor Emeritus and Research Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Maryland, College Park. About the Series: The Springer Handbook of Auditory Research presents a series of synthetic reviews of fundamental topics dealing with auditory systems. Each volume is independent and authoritative; taken as a set, this series is the definitive resource in the field. About the Author Drs. Bass and Sisneros are both internationally recognized experts in the field of steroid-dependent plasticity of the auditory system. Together they have published high-impact papers on the adaptive hormone dependent plasticity of the auditory system, and more generally in the field of neuroethology and acoustic communication. Together they bring to the volume unique scientific expertise on the effects of hormones on hearing and they will ensure the timely progression of the editorial process