Peripheral Auditory Mechanisms: Proceedings of a conference held at Boston University, Boston, MA, August 13–16, 1985

Front Matter....Pages I-VII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Effectiveness of External and Middle Ears in Coupling Acoustic Power into the Cochlea....Pages 3-12
Spatial Distribution of Sound Pressure in the Ear Canal....Pages 13-20
The Impulse Response Vibration of the Human Ear Drum....Pages 21-27
Formulation and Analysis of a Dynamic Fiber Composite Continuum Model of the Tympanic Membrane....Pages 28-35
 How Do Contractions of the Stapedius Muscle Alter the Acoustic Properties of the Ear?....Pages 36-43
Measurement of Eardrum Acoustic Impedance....Pages 44-51
Middle Ear Research Using a SQUID Magnetometer. I. Micro- and Macromechanical Selection of Polymer Materials for Artificial Tympanic Membranes....Pages 52-55
Middle Ear Research Using a Squid Magnetometer. II. Transfer Characteristics of Human Middle Ears....Pages 56-59
Front Matter....Pages 61-61
Cochlear Macromechanics — a Review....Pages 63-72
Transients and Speech Processing in a Three-Dimensional Model of the Human Cochlea....Pages 73-80
The Mechanics of the Basilar Membrane and Middle Ear in the Pigeon....Pages 81-88
On the Mechanics of the Horseshoe Bat Cochlea....Pages 89-96
Resonance and Reflection in the Cochlea: The Case of the CF-FM Bat, Rhinolophus Ferrumequinum ....Pages 97-104
The Complete Solution of the Basilar Membrane Condition in Two Dimensional Models of the Cochlea....Pages 105-112
Longitudinal Stiffness Coupling in a 1-Dimensional Model of the Peripheral Ear....Pages 113-120
Mossbauer Measurements of the Mechanical Response to Single-Tone and Two-Tone Stimuli at the Base of the Chinchilla Cochlea....Pages 121-128
Parameter Sensitivity in a Mathematical Model of Basilar Membrane Mechanics....Pages 129-134
Front Matter....Pages 135-135
Micromechanics of the Cochlear Partition....Pages 137-146
On the Role of Fluid Inertia and Viscosity in Stereociliary Tuft Motion: Analysis of Isolated Bodies of Regular Geometry....Pages 147-154
Role of Passive Mechanical Properties of Outer Hair Cells in Determination of Cochlear Mechanics....Pages 155-161
Front Matter....Pages 135-135
Thresholds of Auditory Sensitivity and Auditory Fatigue: Relation with Cochlear Mechanics....Pages 162-168
Analysis of Streaming Flow Induced in the Tectorial Gap....Pages 169-176
Front Matter....Pages 177-177
Active Filtering by Hair Cells....Pages 179-188
Determination of the Cochlear Power Flux from Basilar Membrane Vibration Data....Pages 189-196
An Isolated Sound Emitter in the Cochlea: Notes on Modelling....Pages 197-204
Stability of Active Cochlear Models: Need for a Second Tuned Structure?....Pages 205-212
Changes in Spontaneous and Evoked Otoacoustic Emissions and Corresponding Psychoacoustic Threshold Microstructures Induced by Aspirin Consumption....Pages 213-220
Statistical Properties of a Strong Spontaneous Oto-Acoustic Emission....Pages 221-228
The Influence of Temperature on Frequency-Tuning Mechanisms....Pages 229-236
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
A Review of Nonlinear and Active Cochlear Models....Pages 239-249
Evaluating Traveling Wave Characteristics in Man by an Active Nonlinear Cochlea Preprocessing Model....Pages 250-257
Modeling Intracochlear and Ear Canal Distortion Product (2f 1 –f 2 )....Pages 258-265
Interactions Among Multiple Spontaneous Otoacoustic Emissions....Pages 266-273
Basilar Membrane Motion in Guinea Pig Cochlea Exhibits Frequency-Dependent DC Offset....Pages 274-281
Linear and Non-Linear Effects in a Physical Model of the Cochlea....Pages 282-289
Modelling the Cochlear Partition with Coupled van der Pol Oscillators....Pages 290-297
New Effects of Cochlear Nonlinearity in Temporal Patterns of Auditory Nerve Fiber Responses to Harmonic Complexes....Pages 298-305
Wideband Analysis of Otoacoustic Intermodulation....Pages 306-313
Characterization of Cubic Intermodulation Distortion Products in the Cat External Auditory Meatus....Pages 314-321
Acoustic Overstimulation Reduces 2f 1 -f 2 Cochlear Emissions at All Levels in the Cat....Pages 322-329
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
Harmonic Acoustic Emissions in the Earcanal Generated by Single Tones: Experiments and a Model....Pages 330-337
Steady-State Response Determination for Models of the Basilar Membrane....Pages 338-345
Front Matter....Pages 347-347
Transduction in Cochlear Hair Cells....Pages 349-360
Furosemide affects ear-canal emissions produced by the injection of ac currents into scala media....Pages 361-368
Outer Hair Cell Motility: A Possible Electro-Kinetic Mechanism....Pages 369-376
Visualization of Sensory Hair Cells in an in vivo Preparation....Pages 377-384
A Model for Transduction in Hair Cells Involving Strain-Activated Conductance....Pages 385-392
Back Matter....Pages 393-402