Cochlear latency has been evaluated in young adults by time-frequency analysis of transient evoked otoacoustic emissions recorded using the nonlinear acquisition mode at different levels of the click stimulus. Objective, even if model-dependent, estimates of cochlear tuning have been obtained from the otoacoustic latency estimates. Transmission-line cochlear models predict that the transient-evoked otoacoustic emission latency is dependent on the stimulus level, because the bandwidth of the cochlear filter (tuning) depends on the local cochlear excitation level due to nonlinear damping. The results of this study confirm the increase of tuning with increasing frequency and show clearly the decrease of latency and tuning with increasing stimulus level. This decrease is consistent with the expected relation between the slowing down of the traveling wave near the tonotopic place and the cochlear excitation amplitude predicted by cochlear models including nonlinear damping. More specifically, these results support the models in which nonlinear damping consists of a quadratic term and a constant positive term. (c) 2007 Acoustical Society of America.

Sisto, R., Moleti, A. (2007). Transient evoked otoacoustic emission latency and cochlear tuning at different stimulus levels. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 122(4), 2183-2190 [10.1121/1.2769981].

Transient evoked otoacoustic emission latency and cochlear tuning at different stimulus levels

MOLETI, ARTURO
2007-01-01

Abstract

Cochlear latency has been evaluated in young adults by time-frequency analysis of transient evoked otoacoustic emissions recorded using the nonlinear acquisition mode at different levels of the click stimulus. Objective, even if model-dependent, estimates of cochlear tuning have been obtained from the otoacoustic latency estimates. Transmission-line cochlear models predict that the transient-evoked otoacoustic emission latency is dependent on the stimulus level, because the bandwidth of the cochlear filter (tuning) depends on the local cochlear excitation level due to nonlinear damping. The results of this study confirm the increase of tuning with increasing frequency and show clearly the decrease of latency and tuning with increasing stimulus level. This decrease is consistent with the expected relation between the slowing down of the traveling wave near the tonotopic place and the cochlear excitation amplitude predicted by cochlear models including nonlinear damping. More specifically, these results support the models in which nonlinear damping consists of a quadratic term and a constant positive term. (c) 2007 Acoustical Society of America.
2007
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Rilevanza internazionale
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Sì, ma tipo non specificato
Settore FIS/07 - FISICA APPLICATA (A BENI CULTURALI, AMBIENTALI, BIOLOGIA E MEDICINA)
English
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Bandwidth; Ear protectors; Mathematical models; Transmission line theory; Tuning; Cochlear latency; Cochlear tuning; Time-frequency analysis; Transient evoked otoacoustic emission; Acoustic waves; adult; amplitude modulation; article; auditory stimulation; cochlea; evoked otoacoustic emission; human; human experiment; latent period; normal human; priority journal; statistical model; tonotopy; Acoustic Stimulation; Adult; Cochlea; Humans; Loudness Perception; Models, Theoretical; Nonlinear Dynamics; Normal Distribution; Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous; Pitch Perception; Reaction Time; Sound Spectrography
Sisto, R., Moleti, A. (2007). Transient evoked otoacoustic emission latency and cochlear tuning at different stimulus levels. THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, 122(4), 2183-2190 [10.1121/1.2769981].
Sisto, R; Moleti, A
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