Frequency tuning of the contralateral medial olivocochlear reflex in humans

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 25-30

  Zhao, Wei ^a   Dhar, Sumitrajit ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlear mechanics; Spontaneous otoacoustic emissions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EFFERENT NERVE; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDIAL OLIVOCOCHLEAR REFLEX; MODULATION; NOISE INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; SOUND DETECTION; SPONTANEOUS OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ACOUSTICS; ADULT; COCHLEA; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MALE; NEURAL PATHWAYS; OLIVARY NUCLEUS; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; REFLEX, ACOUSTIC; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863333771     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00051.2012     Document Type: Article

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