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

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Content:
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

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Content:
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
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