Are human spontaneous otoacoustic emissions generated by a chain of coupled nonlinear oscillators?

Hero P Wit; Pim van Dijk

doi:10.1121/1.4730886

Are human spontaneous otoacoustic emissions generated by a chain of coupled nonlinear oscillators?

J Acoust Soc Am. 2012 Aug;132(2):918-26. doi: 10.1121/1.4730886.

Authors

Hero P Wit¹, Pim van Dijk

Affiliation

¹ Department of Otorhinolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, PO Box 30.001, 9700RB Groningen, Netherlands. hero.wit@ziggo.nl

PMID: 22894214
DOI: 10.1121/1.4730886

Abstract

Spontaneous otoacoustic emissions (SOAEs) are generated by self-sustained cochlear oscillators. Properties of a computational model for a linear array of active oscillators with nearest neighbor coupling are investigated. The model can produce many experimentally well-established properties of SOAEs.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Cochlea / physiology*
Computer Simulation
Hair Cells, Auditory / physiology
Humans
Models, Biological*
Nonlinear Dynamics*
Oscillometry
Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous*
Time Factors