The discovery of otoacoustic emissions (OAE) has advanced our understanding of cochlear mechanics and the efferent auditory system. OAE are sounds generated within normal cochlea either spontaneously or in response to stimulation. The ability to measure OAE non-invasively, objec…
Source analysis of the Auditory Evoked Potential (AEP) has been used before to evaluate the maturation of the auditory system in both adult and children; in the same way, this technique could be applied to ongoing EEG recordings, in response to acoustic specific frequency stimul…
Experimental meningitis was induced in pigmented guinea pigs by subarachnoid inoculation of \(1 \times 10^9\) Escherichia coli K-12 or \(3 \times 10^7\) CFU Streptococcus pneumoniae serotype 2 D39 (NCTC 7466) or PLN-A, \(Δ\)NA1 or \(Δ\)HY1, defined isogenic derivatives of D39 de…
Studies concerning speech recognition in noise constitute a very broad spectrum of work including aspects like the cocktail party effect or observing performance of individuals in different types of speech-signal or noise as well as benefit and improvement with hearing aids. Ano…
Distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) arise within the cochlea in response to two stimulus tones (f1 and f2) at frequencies such as 2f1 − f2 and 2f2 − f1. Each DPOAE derives from two contributing mechanisms within the cochlea: a distributed distortion source and a re…
Communication often takes place in reverberant spaces making it harder for listeners to understand speech. In such difficult environments, listeners would benefit from being able to locate the sound source. In noisy or reverberant environments hearing-aid wearers often complain …
Ménière’s disease affects 1 in 1000 people and produces vertigo and hearing loss (Morrison, 1981). Endolymphatic sac decompression has been advocated on the basis that endolymphatic hydrops is the underlying pathology. The endolymphatic sac is said to be the terminal dilatation …
One of the salient features of the human cochlea is the incredible dynamic range it possesses—the loudest bearable sound is 10,000,000 times greater than the softest detectable sound; this is in part due to an active process. More than twelve thousand hairlike cells known as out…