Anatomy

• The Auditory System From Cochlea to Cortex

  Presenter: Frank H. Willard, Ph.D. [bio]

  Frank H. Willard, Ph.D.

  

  Frank H. Willard, Ph.D., graduated from the University of Vermont with a Ph.D. in Anatomy and Neurobiology and a thesis focused on the cytoarchitecture of the auditory system in the mouse. He did a two-year postdoctoral fellowship at the Department of Anatomy, Ohio State University, studying the development of the mammalian auditory nerve and cochlear nucleus.

  Currently he is a Professor of Anatomy at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine. He is System Manager for the Neuroscience-Neurology System at the University of New England.

  Dr. Willard also lectures on the development of the auditory system at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, postgraduate course in Auditory Studies.

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  This course will examine the structure and function of the human auditory system beginning with the external ear and progressing centrally through the cochlea to the brainstem, thalamus and cerebral cortex. The location of the cochlea in the petrous temporal bone will be explored through human dissection and the features of the organ of Corti will be presented using histological sections. A mechanism for cochlear function will be outlined and applied to an understanding of congenital deafness and to the use of a cochlear prosthesis. Finally, the course will also follow the path of the auditory nerve into the brainstem and examine the main connections from the cochlear nucleus to the cerebral cortex. [more details]

  • Curriculum Anatomy
  • Course Number FW101
  • Price $59.00
  • CEUs earned 1.5
  • Language English
  • Level Introductory