EOAE

[David John SMith <smithd@xxxxxxxx>]

I've finally heard an otoacoustic emission...  It sounded like a series 
of 5 or 6 soft, slow (about 500ms onset and decay) bell tones.  

It occurred under the same conditions as the clicks I hear fairly 
often while going to sleep - listening to music in the right ear, the clicks 
(and the oae) appear in the left ear which is occluded by a pillow.

The clicking sounds, which occur roughly at the onsets of voice 

band information in the music, are accompanied by the unmistakable

physical sensation of a muscle spasm. That is, I would feel them even if 

I had not heard them. This leads me to believe that the clicks are caused 

by muscles.

The OAE was obvious. It was also 
synchronous and in perfect harmony 
with the tones presented to my right ear.  It seems likely to me that the OAE 
would be created by the muscle causing the clicks, rather than a different 
mechanism inside the cochlea.

Comments?

Dave