Otoacoustic estimation of cochlear tuning: validation in the chinchilla

CA Shera, JJ Guinan, AJ Oxenham - … of the Association for Research in …, 2010 - Springer
We analyze published auditory-nerve and otoacoustic measurements in chinchilla to test a
network of hypothesized relationships between cochlear tuning, cochlear traveling-wave …

Otoacoustic emissions reveal the micromechanical role of organ-of-Corti cytoarchitecture in cochlear amplification

CA Shera, A Altoè - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
The intricate, crystalline cytoarchitecture of the mammalian organ of Corti presumably plays
an important role in cochlear amplification. As currently understood, the oblique, Y-shaped …

Frequency selectivity in Old-World monkeys corroborates sharp cochlear tuning in humans

PX Joris, C Bergevin, R Kalluri… - Proceedings of the …, 2011 - National Acad Sciences
Frequency selectivity in the inner ear is fundamental to hearing and is traditionally thought to
be similar across mammals. Although direct measurements are not possible in humans …

Mechanics of the frog ear

P Van Dijk, MJ Mason, RLM Schoffelen, PM Narins… - Hearing research, 2011 - Elsevier
The frog inner ear contains three regions that are sensitive to airborne sound and which are
functionally distinct.(1) The responses of nerve fibres innervating the low-frequency, rostral …

The medial olivocochlear reflex is unlikely to play a role in listening difficulties in children

S Boothalingam, C Allan, P Allen… - Trends in …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The medial olivocochlear reflex (MOCR) has been implicated in several auditory processes.
The putative role of the MOCR in improving speech perception in noise is particularly …

Nonlinear time-domain cochlear model for transient stimulation and human otoacoustic emission

S Verhulst, T Dau, CA Shera - The Journal of the Acoustical Society of …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
This paper describes the implementation and performance of a nonlinear time-domain
model of the cochlea for transient stimulation and human otoacoustic emission generation …

Time-frequency domain filtering of evoked otoacoustic emissions

A Moleti, F Longo, R Sisto - The Journal of the Acoustical Society of …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
Time-domain filtering is a standard analysis technique, which is used to disentangle the two
main vector components of the distortion product otoacoustic emission response, exploiting …

The cochlea as a smart structure

SJ Elliott, CA Shera - Smart Materials and Structures, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
The cochlea is part of the inner ear and its mechanical response provides us with many
aspects of our amazingly sensitive and selective hearing. The human cochlea is a coiled …

Reflection-and distortion-source otoacoustic emissions: Evidence for increased irregularity in the human cochlea during aging

C Abdala, AJ Ortmann, CA Shera - Journal of the Association for Research …, 2018 - Springer
Previous research on distortion product otoacoustic emission (DPOAE) components has
hinted at possible differences in the effect of aging on the two basic types of OAEs: those …

Obtaining reliable phase-gradient delays from otoacoustic emission data

CA Shera, C Bergevin - The Journal of the Acoustical Society of …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
Reflection-source otoacoustic emission phase-gradient delays are widely used to obtain
noninvasive estimates of cochlear function and properties, such as the sharpness of …