title: Insights into linear and nonlinear cochlear transduction: application of a new system-identification procedure on transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions data.
abstract: Transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAE) were used to characterize linear and nonlinear cochlear transduction using a new system-identification procedure. In this technique, a computational model of the system is first developed. From the measured stimulus and response records, spectral-density functions and multiple coherence functions are calculated. The coherence functions allow the characterization of linear/nonlinear processes as a function of frequency. Summations of linear and nonlinear coherences provide a goodness-of-fit of the chosen model. Finite impulse response pulses with a bandwidth of 1-8 kHz were used to evoke otoacoustic emissions. Eleven adults with normal hearing served as subjects. Third- and fifth-order polynomial models were used to model the data, and the results indicate that the fifth-order model is a better fit to the TEOAE data. The results of this study suggest that this system-identification procedure can be successfully applied to model cochlear transduction using a broadband stimulus. Most importantly, coherence functions provide useful insights into linear and nonlinear cochlear processes and have the potential to be developed as a clinical measure for monitoring changes in cochlear status.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA. geetha@cs.cmu.edu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Krishnan
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Chertoff
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001301:Audiometry, Pure-Tone / Q000379:methods; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D003051:Cochlea / Q000502:physiology*; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models