However, due to the newness of the ideas and technology, the volume did not cover any emerging applications such as bilateral cochlear implants, combined acoustic-electric stimulation, and other types of auditory prostheses, nor did it review brain plasticity in responses to electric stimulation and its perceptual and language consequences.

1. Advances in Auditory Prostheses - Fan-Gang Zeng.- 2. Bilateral Cochlear Implants - Richard van Hoesel.- 3. Combining Acoustic and Electric Hearing - Christopher Turner and Bruce Gantz.- 4. Implantable Hearing Devices for Conductive and Sensorineural Hearing Impairment - Ad Snik.- 5. Vestibular Implant - Justin S. Golub, James O. Phillips, and Jay T. Rubinstein.- 6. Optical Stimulation of the Auditory Nerve - Claus-Peter Richter and Angella Izzo Matic.- 7. A Penetrating Auditory-Nerve Array for Auditory Prosthesis - John C. Middlebrooks and Russell L. Snyder.- 8. Cochlear Nucleus Auditory Prostheses - Douglas. B. McCreery, and Steven. R. Otto.- 9. Midbrain Auditory Prostheses - Hubert H. Lim, Minoo Lenarz, and Thomas Lenarz.- 10. Central Auditory System Development and Plasticity after Cochlear Implantation - Anu Sharma and Michael Dorman.- 11. Auditory Training for Cochlear Implant Patients - Qian-Jie Fu and John J. Galvin III.- 12. Spoken and Written Communication Development Following Pediatric Cochlear Implantation - Sophie E. Ambrose, Dianne Hammes-Ganguly, and Laurie S. Eisenberg.- 13. Music Perception - Hugh McDermott.- 14. Tonal Languages and Cochlear Implants - Li Xu and Ning Zhou.- 15. Multisensory processing in cochlear implant listeners - Pascal Barone and Olivier Deguine.

Cochlear implants are currently the standard treatment for profound sensorineural hearing loss. In the last decade, advances in auditory science and technology have not only greatly expanded the utility of electric stimulation to other parts of the auditory nervous system in addition to the cochlea, but have also demonstrated drastic changes in the brain in responses to electric stimulation, including changes in language development and music perception. Auditory Prostheses: New Horizons examines a range of current issues that concern complex processing of sounds by the prosthetic device users.Advances in Auditory Prostheses - Fan-Gang Zeng. Bilateral Cochlear Implants - Richard van HoeselCombining Acoustic and Electric Hearing - Christopher Turner and Bruce Gantz Implantable Hearing Devices for Conductive and Sensorineural Hearing Impairment - Ad Snik Vestibular Implant - Justin S. Golub, James O. Phillips, and Jay T. RubinsteinOptical Stimulation of the Auditory Nerve - Claus-Peter Richter and Angella Izzo MaticA Penetrating Auditory-Nerve Array for Auditory Prosthesis - John C. Middlebrooks and Russell L. SnyderCochlear Nucleus Auditory Prostheses - Douglas. B. McCreery, and Steven. R. OttoMidbrain Auditory Prostheses - Hubert H. Lim, Minoo Lenarz, and Thomas LenarzCentral Auditory System Development and Plasticity after Cochlear Implantation - Anu Sharma and Michael DormanAuditory Training for Cochlear Implant Patients - Qian-Jie Fu and John J. Galvin IIISpoken and Written Communication Development Following Pediatric Cochlear Implantation - Sophie E. Ambrose, Dianne Hammes-Ganguly, and Laurie S. EisenbergMusic Perception - Hugh McDermottTonal Languages and Cochlear Implants - Li Xu and Ning Zhou Multisensory processing in cochlear implant listeners - Pascal Barone and Olivier DeguineAbout the Editors Fan-Gang Zeng is Professor and Research Director in the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, University of California, Irvine. Arthur N. Popper is Professor in the Department of Biology and Co-Director of the Center for Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Hearing at the University of Maryland, College Park. Richard R. Fay is Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology at Loyola University Chicago. 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.

Discusses the advances in the development and application of auditory prostheses. Provides insight into the advances over the past seven years, and also examines a range of other current issues that concern complex processing of sounds by the prosthetic device users. The material in this volume very much relates to a material in a large number of previous SHAR volumes. Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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