Comparing the optimal signal conditions for recording cubic and quadratic distortion product otoacoustic emissions

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 3739-3750

  Bian, Lin ^a   Chen, Shixiong ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COCHLEAR NONLINEARITIES; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; DISTORTION PRODUCTS; FREQUENCY RATIOS; LEVEL DIFFERENCES; OPTIMAL SIGNALS; QUADRATIC DIFFERENCE TONES; QUADRATIC DISTORTIONS;

ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS; ACOUSTIC NOISE; AUDIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS;

OPTIMIZATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; COCHLEA; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY, OUTER; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60049085587     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.3001706     Document Type: Article

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