Envelope following responses predict speech-in-noise performance in normal-hearing listeners

AM Mepani, S Verhulst, KE Hancock… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.physiology.org
Permanent threshold elevation after noise exposure or aging is caused by loss of sensory
cells; however, animal studies show that hair cell loss is often preceded by degeneration of …

A time-course-based estimation of the human medial olivocochlear reflex function using clicks

S Boothalingam, SS Goodman, H MacCrae… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The auditory efferent system, especially the medial olivocochlear reflex (MOCR), is
implicated in both typical auditory processing and in auditory disorders in animal models …

Estimating cochlear impulse responses using frequency sweeps

KK Charaziak, A Altoè - The Journal of the Acoustical Society of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Cochlear mechanics tends to be studied using single-location measurements of
intracochlear vibrations in response to acoustical stimuli. Such measurements, due to their …

[HTML][HTML] Reflection-source emissions evoked with clicks and frequency sweeps: Comparisons across levels

KK Charaziak, CA Shera - Journal of the Association for Research in …, 2021 - Springer
According to coherent reflection theory, otoacoustic emissions (OAE) evoked with clicks
(clicked-evoked, CE) or tones (stimulus frequency, SF) originate via the same mechanism …

Intracochlear overdrive: Characterizing nonlinear wave amplification in the mouse apex

A Altoè, KK Charaziak - The Journal of the Acoustical Society of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
In this study, we explore nonlinear cochlear amplification by analyzing basilar membrane
(BM) motion in the mouse apex. Through in vivo, postmortem, and mechanical suppression …

Auditory brainstem mechanisms likely compensate for self-imposed peripheral inhibition

S Boothalingam, A Peterson, L Powell, V Easwar - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Feedback networks in the brain regulate downstream auditory function as peripheral as the
cochlea. However, the upstream neural consequences of this peripheral regulation are less …

[HTML][HTML] The elusive cochlear filter: Wave origin of cochlear cross-frequency masking

A Altoè, KK Charaziak, JB Dewey, A Moleti… - Journal of the …, 2021 - Springer
The mammalian cochlea achieves its remarkable sensitivity, frequency selectivity, and
dynamic range by spatially segregating the different frequency components of sound via …

Nonlinear reflection as a cause of the short-latency component in stimulus-frequency otoacoustic emissions simulated by the methods of compression and …

V Vencovský, A Vetešník, AW Gummer - The Journal of the Acoustical …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Stimulus-frequency otoacoustic emissions (SFOAEs) are generated by coherent reflection of
forward traveling waves by perturbations along the basilar membrane. The strongest …

A fast algorithm for the measurement of stimulus-frequency otoacoustic emission suppression tuning curves based on multi-level swept suppressor tones

R Xu, Y Liu, Q Gong - Applied Acoustics, 2023 - Elsevier
Algorithms for measuring stimulus-frequency otoacoustic emission (SFOAE) suppression
tuning curves (STCs) typically use pure tones as suppressors, leading to procedures which …

Filter algorithm based on cochlear mechanics and neuron filter mechanism and application on enhancement of audio signals

W Gao, Y Kan, F Zha - Journal of Central South University, 2021 - Springer
A filter algorithm based on cochlear mechanics and neuron filter mechanism is proposed
from the view point of vibration. It helps to solve the problem that the non-linear amplification …