The Mechanics and Biophysics of Hearing: Proceedings of a Conference held at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, June 25–29, 1990 (Lecture Notes in Biomathematics (87))

Proceedings of a workshop on the physics and biophysics of hearing that brought together experimenters and modelers working on all aspects of audition. Topics covered include: cochlear mechanical measurements, cochlear models, mechanicals and biophysics of hair cells, efferent control, and ultrastructure. Front Matter....Pages N2-VII Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Calcium Ions and the Adaptation of the Transducer Current in Turtle Cochlear Hair Cells....Pages 2-9 Structural Abnormalities in Inner Hair Cells Following Kanamycin-Induced Outer Hair Cell Loss....Pages 10-17 Modelling Input-Output Characteristics of the Inner Hair Cell....Pages 18-25 Calcium Ions Promote Rapid Mechanically Evoked Movements of Hair Bundles....Pages 26-33 Modulation of Voltage Responses to 100 Hz Tones by High Frequency Tones in Cochlear Hair Cells....Pages 34-41 Movements and mechanical properties of ampullary hair bundles and of their kinocilium....Pages 42-49 Front Matter....Pages 51-51 The Effect of Cytoplasmic Turgor Pressure on the Static and Dynamic Mechanical Properties of Outer Hair Cells....Pages 52-60 The Nonlinearity of Outer Hair Cell Motility: Implications for Cochlear Physiology and Pathology....Pages 61-68 Fast Outer Hair Cell Motility: How Fast is Fast?....Pages 69-75 Elastic Behavior of the Outer Hair Cell Wall....Pages 76-83 Front Matter....Pages 85-85 A Model for Cochlear Vibrations Based on Feedback from Motile Outer Hair Cells....Pages 86-95 Does the Cochlear Amplifier Produce Reactive or Resistive Forces?....Pages 96-105 The Basilar Membrane Nonlinear Input-Output Function....Pages 106-113 Active Cochlear Feedback: Required Structure And Response Phase....Pages 114-120 Front Matter....Pages 121-121 Spontaneous Activity of Auditory Afferent Neurones in the Spiral Ganglion of the Pigeon....Pages 122-131 Two-Tone Rate Suppression in Auditory Nerve Fibres: Time Course of Suppression and Excitation in Peristimulus Time Histograms....Pages 132-138 Further Evidence for Tuning Mechanisms of High Dynamic Order in Lower Vertebrates....Pages 139-146 Observations on Structure and Function of the Olivocochlear Projections in Cat....Pages 147-153 The Sting is in the Tail....Pages 154-161 Front Matter....Pages 163-163 Can basilar membrane tuning be inferred from distortion measurement?....Pages 164-169 Front Matter....Pages 163-163 Changes in Stimulus Frequency Otoacoustic Emissions Produced by Two-Tone Suppression and Efferent Stimulation in Cats....Pages 170-177 Growth Functions of Tone Burst Evoked and Distortion-Product Otoacoustic Emissions in Humans....Pages 178-185 Sound Induced Changes in Electrically Evoked Cochlear Emissions....Pages 186-193 Chaotic Dynamics of Otoacoustic Emissions....Pages 194-201 Observations on Simultaneous SFOAE and DPOAE Generation and Suppression....Pages 202-209 COmponents of the 2f 1 -f 2 -Distortion Product in the Ear Canal of the Bobtail Lizard....Pages 210-218 Active and Passive ADP Components in Mammalian and Avian Ears....Pages 219-226 A Generalized Van Der Pol-Oscillator Cochlea Model....Pages 227-234 Quantitative Evaluation of Limit-Cycle Oscillator Models of Spontaneous Otoacoustic Emissions....Pages 235-242 Actively and Passively Generated Acoustic Distortion at 2f 1 -f 2 in Rabbits....Pages 243-250 Effects of Tympanic Membrane Modification on Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions in the Cat Ear Canal....Pages 251-258 Spontaneous Otoacoustic Emission Generators Behave Like Coupled Oscillators....Pages 259-268 Front Matter....Pages 269-269 Measurement of the Middle Ear Transfer Function in Cat, Chinchilla and Guinea Pig....Pages 270-277 Helmholtz Revisited: Direct Mechanical Data Suggest a Physical Model for Dynamic Control of Mapping Frequency to Place Along the Cochlear Partition....Pages 278-287 Measurements of Basilar Membrane Tuning and Distortion with Laser Doppler Velocimetry....Pages 288-295 In Vivo Measurement of Basilar Membrane Stiffness....Pages 296-303 Two-Tone Distortion Products in the Basilar Membrane of the Chinchilla Cochlea....Pages 304-313 Systemic Injection of Furosemide Alters the Mechanical Response to Sound of the Basilar Membrane....Pages 314-321 Front Matter....Pages 323-323 Modeling the Noise Damaged Cochlea....Pages 324-332 Flockwave- Propagation Modes and Boundary Conditions for the Ulfendahl-Flockkhanna Preparation....Pages 333-339 Front Matter....Pages 323-323 On Dipoles and the Radiating Membrane....Pages 340-347 Approximate Evaluation of Cochlear Model Tuning from the Wave Development Graph....Pages 348-353 The Fractal Doubly Stochastic Poisson Point Process as a Model for the Cochlear Neural Spike Train....Pages 354-361 The Impedance of the Organ of Corti....Pages 362-369 Front Matter....Pages 371-371 Implementation of a Nonlinear Wave-Digital-Filter Cochlear Model....Pages 372-379 Nonlinear Transmission Line Model Can Predict the Statistical Properties of Spontaneous Otoacoustic Emissions....Pages 380-386 Mathematical Analysis of a Nonlinear Model for Hybrid Filtering in the Cochlea....Pages 387-394 Automatic Gain Control in Cochlear Mechanics....Pages 395-402 Non-Linearity in a Computational Model of the Response of the Basilar Membrane....Pages 403-410 Level Dependence of the Latency of Cochlear Transients....Pages 411-418 Back Matter....Pages 421-423