How weIl can we model experimental observations of the peripheral auditory system'? What theoretical predictions can we make that might be tested'? It was with these questions in mind that we organized the 1985 Mechanics of Hearing Workshop, to bring together auditory researchers to compare models with experimental observations. Tbe workshop forum was inspired by the very successful 1983 Mechanics of Hearing Workshop in Delft [1]. Boston University was chosen as the site of our meeting because of the Boston area's role as a center for hearing research in this country. We made a special effort at this meeting to attract students from around the world, because without students this field will not progress. Financial support for the workshop was provided in part by grant BNS- 8412878 from the National Science Foundation. Modeling is a traditional strategy in science and plays an important role in the scientific method. Models are the bridge between theory and experiment. Tbey test the assumptions made in experimental designs. They are built on experimental results, and they may be used to test hypotheses and predict experimental results. Tbe latter is the scientific method at its best. Cochlear function is very complicated. For this reason, models play animportant role. One goal of modeling is to gain understanding, but the necessary mathematical tools are often formidably complex. An ex am pie of this is found in cochlear macromechanics.

Outer and Middle Ear Mechanics

The effectiveness of external and middle ears in coupling acoustic power into the cochlea
Spatial distribution of sound pressure in the ear canal
The impulse response vibration of the human ear drum
Formulation and analysis of a dynamic fiber composite continuum model of the tympanic membrane
How do contractions of the stapedius muscle alter the acoustic properties of the ear?
Measurement of eardrum acoustic impedance
Middle ear research using a SQUID magnetometer. I. Micro- and macromechanical selection of polymer materials for artificial tympanic membranes
Middle ear research using a SQUID magnetometer. II. Transfer characteristics of human middle ears
Cochlear Macromechanics
Cochlear macromechanics - a review
Transients and speech processing in a three-dimensional model of the human cochlea
The mechanics of the basilar membrane and middle ear in the pigeon
On the mechanics of the horseshoe bat cochlea
Resonance and reflection in the cochlea: the case of the CF-FM bat, Rhinolophus Ferrumequinum
The complete solution of the basilar membrane condition in two dimensional models of the cochlea
Longitudinal stiffness coupling in a 1-dimensional model of the peripheral ear
Mössbauer measurements of the mechanical response to single-tone and two-tone stimuli at the base of the chinchilla cochlea
Parameter sensitivity in a mathematical model of basilar membrane mechanics
Cochlear Micromechanics
Micromechanics of the cochlear partition
On the role of fluid inertia and viscosity in stereociliary tuft motion: analysis of isolated bodies of regular geometry
Role of passive mechanical properties of outer hair cells in determination of cochlear mechanics
Thresholds of auditory sensitivity and auditoryfatigue: relation with cochlear mechanics
Analysis of streaming flow induced in the tectorial gap
Active Filtering in the Cochlea
Active filtering by hair cells
Determination of the cochlear power flux from basilar membrane vibration data
An isolated sound emitter in the cochlea: notes on modelling
Stability of active cochlear models: need for a second tuned structure?
Changes in spontaneous and evoked otoacoustic emissions and corresponding psychoacoustic threshold microstructures induced by aspirin consumption
Statistical properties of a strong spontaneous oto-acoustic emission
The influence of temperature on frequency-tuning mechanisms
Nonlinear and/or Active Processes
An overview of nonlinear and active cochlear models
Evaluating traveling wave characteristics in man by an active nonlinear cochlea preprocessing model
Modeling intracochlear and ear canal distortion product (2f1-f2)
Interactions among multiple spontaneous otoacoustic emissions
Basilar membrane motion in guinea pig cochlea exhibits frequency-dependent DC offset
Linear and nonlinear effects in a physical model of the cochlea
Modelling the cochlear partition with coupled Van der Pol oscillators
New effects of cochlear nonlinearity in temporal patterns of auditory nerve fiber responses to harmonic complexes
Wideband analysis of otoacoustic intermodulation
Characterization of cubic intermodulation distortion products in the cat external auditory meatus
Acoustic overstimulation reduces 2f1-f2 cochlear emissions at all levels in the cat
Harmonic acoustic emissions in the earcanal generated by single tones: experiments and a model
Steady-state response determination for models of the basilar membrane
Transduction in the Cochlea
Transduction in cochlear hair cells
Furosemide affects ear-canal emissions produced by the injection of AC currents into scala media
Outer hair cell motility: a possible electro-kinetic mechanism
Visualization of sensory hair cells in an in vivo preparation
A model for transduction in hair cells involving strain-activated conductance
Author index
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