Efferent-induced change in human cochlear compression and its influence on masking of tones

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 485, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 94-97

  Bhagat, Shaum P ^a   Carter, Paul H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlea; Compression; Contralateral suppression; Distortion product otoacoustic emissions; Masking; Medial olivocochlear efferent neurons

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASILAR MEMBRANE; COCHLEAR NERVE; COMPRESSION; DISTORTION PRODUCT OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; EFFERENT NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MASKING; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COCHLEA; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEARING; HUMANS; NOISE; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957328499     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.08.069     Document Type: Article

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