Evidence for a cortically mediated release from inhibition in the human cochlea

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 208-215

  Harkrider, Ashley W ^a   Bowers, C Dane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Auditory gating; Cochlear responsiveness; Contralateral suppression; Cortical control; Inhibition; Medial olivocochlear bundle; Otoacoustic emissions; Release from inhibition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLICK; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LATENT INHIBITION; MALE; MEDIAL OLIVOCOCHLEAR BUNDLE; NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE REDUCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BRAIN CORTEX; HEARING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ATTENTION; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NUCLEUS; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL INHIBITION; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450220316     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.20.3.7     Document Type: Article

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