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Marcel van der Heijden1

  • 1Laboratory of Auditory Neurophysiology, Medical School, KULeuven, Herestraat 49-bus 801, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium. marcel.vanderheyden@med.kuleuven.ac.be

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
|April 6, 2005
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Auditory nonlinearity may be sluggish, not instantaneous. This study models this with automatic gain control (AGC), revealing distinct effects on auditory distortion product phases, differentiating it from instantaneous models.

Area of Science:

  • Auditory Neuroscience
  • Psychoacoustics
  • Nonlinear Dynamics

Background:

  • Nonlinear auditory phenomena like compression, suppression, and distortion originate in the cochlea.
  • Auditory nonlinearity is often modeled as instantaneous, but experimental data suggests it may be sluggish.
  • Automatic gain control (AGC) serves as a model for non-instantaneous nonlinearity due to its inherent delay.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the consequences of sluggishness in auditory nonlinearity.
  • To differentiate between instantaneous and delayed nonlinear mechanisms in the auditory system.
  • To investigate the impact of automatic gain control (AGC) on auditory distortion products.

Main Methods:

  • Modeling auditory nonlinearity using automatic gain control (AGC) to simulate delayed action.

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  • Analyzing the phase relationships of auditory distortion products predicted by AGC.
  • Comparing AGC predictions with existing experimental data on psychoacoustic cancellation and distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs).

    • Main Results:

    • Automatic gain control (AGC) produces distinct, measurable effects that differentiate it from instantaneous nonlinearities.
    • The phase of auditory distortion products in an AGC model shows a linear relationship with frequency spacing, unlike the square-law relationship of instantaneous models.
    • AGC-specific effects provide a basis for distinguishing between instantaneous and delayed cochlear nonlinearity.

    Conclusions:

    • Sluggishness, modeled by AGC, has observable consequences on auditory distortion product phases.
    • The findings suggest that cochlear nonlinearity may incorporate delays, challenging the instantaneous transfer function assumption.
    • Further experiments are proposed to definitively determine if cochlear nonlinearity is instantaneous or delayed, with implications for understanding DPOAEs.