Talk:2011 Lab 10 - Postnatal
From Embryology
Postnatal Hearing
- brainstem triples in length between the 21st fetal week and the first year of life
- contains auditory pathways
- auditory pathway continues to grow until about the third year of life as the brainstem diameter increases
wave I generating site - eighth nerve
- complete by about 24 weeks gestational age
- peripheral auditory system - comprising the outer and middle ear, cochlea fully formed by the time of birth
modified from : http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1808-86942010000600011&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en
