title: Basilar-membrane interference patterns from multiple internal reflection of cochlear traveling waves.
abstract: At low stimulus levels, basilar-membrane (BM) mechanical transfer functions in sensitive cochleae manifest a quasiperiodic rippling pattern in both amplitude and phase. Analysis of the responses of active cochlear models suggests that the rippling is a mechanical interference pattern created by multiple internal reflection within the cochlea. In models, the interference arises when reverse-traveling waves responsible for stimulus-frequency otoacoustic emissions (SFOAEs) reflect off the stapes on their way to the ear canal, launching a secondary forward-traveling wave that combines with the primary wave produced by the stimulus. Frequency-dependent phase differences between the two waves then create the rippling pattern measurable on the BM. Measurements of BM ripples and SFOAEs in individual chinchilla ears demonstrate that the ripples are strongly correlated with the acoustic interference pattern measured in ear-canal pressure, consistent with a common origin involving the generation of SFOAEs. In BM responses to clicks, the ripples appear as temporal fine structure in the response envelope (multiple lobes, waxing and waning). Analysis of the ripple spacing and response phase gradients provides a test for the role of fast- and slow-wave modes of reverse energy propagation within the cochlea. The data indicate that SFOAE delays are consistent with reverse slow-wave propagation but much too long to be explained by fast waves.
authors.affiliation: Eaton-Peabody Laboratories, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, 243 Charles Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02114, USA. christopher.shera@gmail.com
authors.forename: Christopher A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Shera
authors.forename: Nigel P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Cooper
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000818:Animals; D001309:Auditory Threshold; D001489:Basilar Membrane / Q000502:physiology*; D002682:Chinchilla / Q000502:physiology*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D016014:Linear Models; D040542:Mechanotransduction, Cellular; D008954:Models, Biological; D009068:Movement; D017084:Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous; D011312:Pressure; D013016:Sound; D013018:Sound Spectrography; D013997:Time Factors
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