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Whistling While it Works: Spontaneous Otoacoustic Emissions and the Cochlear Amplifier.

Christopher A Shera
Published in: Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO (2022)
Perhaps the most striking evidence for active processes operating within the inner ears of mammals and non-mammals alike is their ability to spontaneously produce sound. Predicted by Thomas Gold in 1948, some 30 years prior to their discovery, the narrow-band sounds now known as spontaneous otoacoustic emissions (SOAEs) remain incompletely understood, their origins controversial. Without a single equation in the main text, we review the essential concepts underlying the "local-" and "global-oscillator" frameworks for understanding SOAE generation. Comparing their key assumptions and predictions, we relate the two frameworks to unresolved questions about the biophysical mechanisms of cochlear amplification.
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