In all sensory systems an important part of the neural code is determined by what location of the sensory organ is stimulated. In the case of the eye, a spot of light falls on a few photoreceptors and ...

“Sudden temperature shifts create pressure changes in the environment, which the ear works to balance through the Eustachian tube — a tunnel connecting the middle ear to the back of the nose,” ...

James O Pickles, An Introduction to the Physiology of Hearing, Academic Press, 3rd edition, 2008. This single authored book provides an excellent overview of hearing mechanisms from the external ear ...