Otoacoustic emission through waves on Reissner's membrane and bone deformation
Reichenbach T (2014)
Publication Type: Conference contribution
Publication year: 2014
Publisher: European Acoustics Association, EAA
Book Volume: 2014-January
Conference Proceedings Title: Proceedings of Forum Acusticum
Event location: Krakow
ISBN: 9788361402282
Abstract
The inner ear acts not only as a detector of sound, but can produce sound itself. These otoacoustic emissions are generated by an active process in the inner ear. The active process leads to a nonlinearity that produces distortion that is emitted as sound from the ear. How such a distortion propagates from its generation site within the inner ear back to the middle ear remains, however, unclear. Here we describe two novel modes of wave propagation in the cochlea, namely a wave on the elastic Reissner's membrane as well as a wave of deformation of the cochlear bone. Each mode can explain a distinct component of otoacoustic emissions. The cochlear-bone deformation can also underlie bone conduction, the phenomenon by which we can hear a vibration of the skull as sound.
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APA:
Reichenbach, T. (2014). Otoacoustic emission through waves on Reissner's membrane and bone deformation. In Bartlomiej Borkowski (Eds.), Proceedings of Forum Acusticum. Krakow, PL: European Acoustics Association, EAA.
MLA:
Reichenbach, Tobias. "Otoacoustic emission through waves on Reissner's membrane and bone deformation." Proceedings of the 7th Forum Acusticum, FA 2014, Krakow Ed. Bartlomiej Borkowski, European Acoustics Association, EAA, 2014.
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