Contralateral suppression of distortion product otoacoustic emissions and the middle-ear muscle reflex in human ears

Hearing Research

Volumn 237, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 66-75

  Sun, Xiao Ming ^a  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic reflex; Contralateral acoustic stimulation; Distortion product otoacoustic emission; DPOAE contralateral suppression; Medial olivocochlear bundle; Middle ear muscle

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFLEX; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MIDDLE EAR; MUSCLE REFLEX; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; COCHLEA; EAR, MIDDLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; REFLEX, ACOUSTIC;

EID: 40049089782     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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