Reducing reflected contributions to ear-canal distortion product otoacoustic emissions in humans

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 3896-3907

  Johnson, Tiffany A ^a   Neely, Stephen T ^a   Kopun, Judy G ^a   Gorga, Michael P ^a  

^a BOYS TOWN NATIONAL RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA REDUCTION; FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION (DPOAE); OCTAVE INTERVALS; REFLECTION-SOURCE CONTRIBUTION;

ACOUSTIC DISTORTION;

AUDITORY CANAL; AUDITORY STIMULATION; COCHLEA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HEARING; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; EAR CANAL; HUMANS; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 33745112582     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2200048     Document Type: Conference Paper

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