Anthony F. Jahn and Joseph Santos-Sacchi, editors. Second edition. Hard cover, illustrated, indexed, 689 pages, 2001. Singular, San Diego, Calif, $89.95. Purpose: To show, 13 years after the first edition, that which is relevant in the physiology of the ear regarding research and therapeutics. Contents: There are 28 chapters that could be divided into physiology of the external ear, middle ear, and inner ear. The book is heavily weighted to the inner ear, with 18 chapters devoted to it, only 1 of which is on the physiology of the vestibular system. There are 40 contributors, 33 of whom have ...
