Part Ⅰ-INTRODUCTORY 1
Ⅰ Prenatal and postnatal development of the ear 1
Ⅱ Anatomy 16
Ⅲ Physiology of hearing and balance 62
Ⅳ Methods of Examination 78
Part Ⅱ-DISTURBANCE OF FUNCTION 113
Ⅴ Auditory function 113
Ⅵ Vestibular function 160
Ⅶ Facial nerve palsy 166
Part Ⅲ-DISEASES OF THE EXTERNAL EAR 185
Ⅷ Congenital malformations 185
Ⅸ Diseases due to trauma or physical agents 202
Ⅹ Infections 217
Ⅺ Cysts and tumours 246
Part Ⅳ-DISEASES OF THE MIDDLE EAR 265
Ⅻ Otitis media 265
ⅩⅢ Complications of suppurative otitis media 327
ⅩⅣ The Eustachian tube 392
ⅩⅤ Tumours of the middle ear and mastoid 399
ⅩⅥ Otosclerosis 412
Part Ⅴ-DISEASES OF THE INTERNAL EAR 429
ⅩⅦ Cochleo-vestibular diseases 429
ⅩⅧ Neuro-central diseases 468
Part Ⅵ-OPERATIVE SURGERY 479
ⅩⅨ General principles 479
ⅩⅩ Operations on the external ear 485
ⅩⅪ Operations on the middle ear 496
ⅩⅫ Operations on the internal ear 538
Index 547