The MOC reflex during active listening to speech

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1464-1476

  Garinis, Angela C ^a   Glattke, Theodore ^a   Cone, Barbara K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Click evoked otoacoustic emissions (CEOAEs); Contralateral suppression; Efferent system; Medial olivocochlear (MOC) reflex; Medial olivocochlear bundle (MOCB)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; COCHLEA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HUMAN; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUE; REFLEX; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; COCHLEA; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HEARING; HUMANS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; REFLEX; SPEECH PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054104229     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2011/10-0223)     Document Type: Article

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