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Extraction of otoacoustic distortion product sources using pulse basis functions
Dennis Zelle1, Anthony W Gummer, Ernst Dalhoff
1Section of Physiological Acoustics and Communication, Department of Otolaryngology, Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen, Elfriede-Aulhorn-Strasse 5, 72076 Tübingen, Germany. dennis.zelle@uni-tuebingen.de
Abstract:
Distortion product otoacoustic emissions (DPOAEs) acquired in normal-hearing subjects show considerable variation in amplitude with varying frequency. This is known as DPOAE fine structure. It is widely accepted that fine structure results from wave interference from two DPOAE sources, a non-linear generation component and a coherent reflection component. Here a method is presented that decomposes short-pulse DPOAE recordings into pulse basis functions and enables the quantification of both source components in the time domain, independent of their relative phase and at low cost of measurement time. Input-output functions utilizing the extracted primary-source component are analyzed.
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