Similarity of traveling-wave delays in the hearing organs of humans and other tetrapods

JARO - Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 153-166

  Ruggero, Mario A ^a   Temchin, Andrei N ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory; Basilar membrane; Brainstem evoked responses; Cochlea; Compound action potentials; Otoacoustic emissions

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BASILAR MEMBRANE; CALIBRATION; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NONHUMAN; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND TRANSMISSION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TEMPORAL BONE;

ACTION POTENTIALS; ANIMALS; BASILAR MEMBRANE; CATS; CHINCHILLA; COCHLEA; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; VIBRATION;

EID: 34247483876     PISSN: 15253961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10162-007-0081-z     Document Type: Article

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