Coherent reflection in a two-dimensional cochlea: Short-wave versus long-wave scattering in the generation of reflection-source otoacoustic emissions

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 287-313

  Shera, Christopher A ^a,b   Tubis, Arnold ^c,d   Talmadge, Carrick L ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; ACOUSTIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FILTRATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REFLECTION;

COCHLEAR REFLECTANCE; COHERENT REFLECTION FILTERING; IMPEDENCE PERTURBATIONS; TRAVELLING WAVES;

ACOUSTIC WAVE SCATTERING;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; COHERENT BACKSCATTERING; COHERENT REFLECTION; FILTRATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; IMPEDANCE; LONG WAVE SCATTERING; MECHANICS; MODEL; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT WAVE SCATTERING; SOUND REFLECTION; SOUND SCATTERING; THEORY;

BASILAR MEMBRANE; COCHLEA; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; SOUND; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 22144465198     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1895025     Document Type: Article

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