Activation of medial olivocochlear efferent system in humans: Influence of stimulus bandwidth

Hearing Research

Volumn 140, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 111-125

  Maison, Stéphane ^a   Micheyl, Christophe ^a   Andéol, Guillaume ^a   Gallégo, Stéphane ^a   Collet, Lionel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

Bandwidth; Cochlea; Human; Medial olivocochlear Efferent; Noise; Otoacoustic emission

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE TESTS; ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR MICROPHONIC POTENTIALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEURONS, EFFERENT; NOISE; OLIVARY NUCLEUS;

EID: 0033973781     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-5955(99)00196-3     Document Type: Article

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