Distortion product otoacoustic emissions in an active nonlinear model of the cochlea.
An active nonlinear model of the cochlea in the form of a transmission line was presented, in which the active feedback system by outer hair cells (OHCs) was expressed as a series of low-pass filters on the basilar membrane (BM) which were transducing basilar membrane displacement to feedback force. The model could produce distortion product oto-acoustic emissions (DPOAEs) explicitly as well as sharp tuning curves of BM, and it was possible to discuss the cause of DPOAEs in terms of the active feedback. It was inferred that the nonlinearity of the cochlea which causes DPOAEs may be related to a saturating property of the feedback system by OHCs.
Fukazawa
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Department of Otolaryngology Koshigaya Hospital, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Saitama, Japan.
Tanaka
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D001489:Basilar Membrane / Q000502:physiology; D003051:Cochlea / Q000502:physiology*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D018072:Hair Cells, Auditory, Outer / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D008959:Models, Neurological; D017084:Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology