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Otoacoustic emission phase has been examined as a function of stimulus frequency. Two components have been compared. The emission of the acoustic product 2f1-f2 has phase characteristics which are broadly derivable from current nonlinear cochlear models. An explanation of stimulus frequency re-emission phase requires the postulation of multiple fixed place reflection/retransmission sites along the spiral organ. It is shown how the distortion product emission phenomenon can be used as an experimental probe to determine the sites of stimulus frequency retransmission.
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Kemp, D.T., Brown, A.M. (1983). An Integrated View of Cochlear Mechanical Nonlinearities Observable from the Ear Canal. In: de Boer, E., Viergever, M.A. (eds) Mechanics of Hearing. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6911-7_9
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