Analyzing reverse middle-ear transmission: noninvasive Gedankenexperiments. |
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Authors: | C A Shera G Zweig |
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Institution: | Theoretical Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico 87545. |
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Abstract: | The phenomenological framework outlined in the companion paper C. A. Shera and G. Zweig, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 92, 1356-1370 (1992)] characterizes both forward and reverse transmission through the middle ear. This paper illustrates its use in the analysis of noninvasive measurements of middle-ear and cochlear mechanics. A cochlear scattering framework is developed for the analysis of combination-tone and other experiments in which acoustic distortion products are used to drive the middle ear "in reverse." The framework is illustrated with a simple psychophysical Gedankenexperiment analogous to the neurophysiological experiments of P. F. Fahey and J. B. Allen J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 77, 599-612 (1985)]. |
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