Mechanics of Hearing : Proceedings of the IUTAM/ICA Symposium Held at Delft University of Technology The Netherlands 13–15 July 1983

Front Matter....Pages I-XII Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Human External and Middle Ear: Models and Concepts....Pages 3-10 Modeling Reverse Middle Ear Transmission of Acoustic Distortion Signals....Pages 11-18 Recent Developments in Modelling the Eardrum and Related Structures Using the Finite-Element Method....Pages 19-25 Front Matter....Pages 27-27 Basilar Membrane Properties and Cochlear Response....Pages 29-36 On Vibration of Membranes in the Mammalian Cochlea....Pages 37-44 Pseudo-Resonance in the Cochlea....Pages 45-52 Simultaneous Amplitude and Phase Match of Cochlear Model Calculations and Basilar Membrane Vibration Data....Pages 53-61 Advantages from Describing Cochlear Mechanics in Terms of Energy Flow....Pages 63-71 Front Matter....Pages 73-73 An Integrated View of Cochlear Mechanical Nonlinearities Observable from the Ear Canal....Pages 75-82 Modelling Cochlear Echoes: The Influence of Irregularities in Frequency Mapping on Summed Cochlear Activity....Pages 83-90 Critical Behaviour of Auditory Oscillators Near Feedback Phase Transitions....Pages 91-99 Two Aspects of Cochlear Acoustic Emissions: Response Latency and Minimum Stimulus Energy....Pages 101-107 Front Matter....Pages 109-109 The Cochlear Amplifier....Pages 111-118 Electromechanical Processes in the Cochlea....Pages 119-126 A Non-Linear Feedback Model for Outer-Hair-Cell Stereocilia and its Implications for the Response of the Auditory Periphery....Pages 127-134 Wave Reflection in Passive and Active Cochlea Models....Pages 135-142 Modelling an Active, Nonlinear Cochlea....Pages 143-151 Nonlinear and Active Modelling of Cochlear Mechanics: A Precarious Affair....Pages 153-160 Front Matter....Pages 161-161 Experimental and Topographic Morphology in Cochlear Mechanics....Pages 163-167 Results from a Cochlear Model Utilizing Longitudinal Coupling....Pages 169-176 Front Matter....Pages 161-161 An Interpretation of the Sharp Tuning of the Basilar Membrane Mechanical Response....Pages 177-181 Front Matter....Pages 183-183 Thermal and Quantum Noise in the Inner Ear....Pages 185-192 A Hair Cell Model of Neural Response....Pages 193-202 Static Point-Load Measurements of Basilar Membrane Compliance....Pages 203-210 Problems in Aural Sound Conduction....Pages 211-217