Congenital sensorineural deafness in client owned pure breed white cats [Elektronische Ressource] / by Dejan Cvejić

From the Clinic for Small Animal Medicine Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich Head of the Clinic: Prof. Dr. Katrin Hartmann Under the supervision of: Priv.-Doz. Dr. Andrea Fischer Congenital sensorineural deafness in client-owned pure-breed white cats Inaugural Dissertation to achieve the title Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich by Dejan Cvejić from Pula Munich 2009 Gedruckt mit Genehmigung der Tierärztlichen Fakultät der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München Dekan: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Braun Referent: Priv.-Doz. Dr. Fischer Korreferent: Priv.-Doz. Dr. Breuer Tag der Promotion: 17. Juli 2009 ... to my family … Contents IV I INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................1 II LITERATURE REVIEW.............................................................................2 1. Auditory pathway – anatomy and physiology.......................................2 1.1 Anatomy of the ear........