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With time window FFT analysis the latency of cochlear acoustic emissions was calculated. If mainly one frequency is present in the emission signal, this latency is frequency dependent: the lower the frequency, the longer the latency. In the second part of this paper the measurement of minimum stimulus energy to evoke a cochlear acoustic emission is described. This energy is so low (1 eV) that processes at molecular level are likely to play an important role.
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Wit, H.P., Ritsma, R.J. (1983). Two Aspects of Cochlear Acoustic Emissions: Response Latency and Minimum Stimulus Energy. In: de Boer, E., Viergever, M.A. (eds) Mechanics of Hearing. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6911-7_12
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