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... > Behavioral Disciplines and Activities > Behavioral Sciences > Psychophysiology > Sensation > Hearing > Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous
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Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena > Nervous System Physiological Phenomena > Sensation > Hearing > Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous
Physiological Phenomena > Vestibulocochlear Physiological Phenomena > Hearing > Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous

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Otoacoustic Emissions, Spontaneous  

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  • Spontaneous Otoacoustic Emissions

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  • Self-generated faint acoustic signals from the inner ear (COCHLEA) without external stimulation. These faint signals can be recorded in the EAR CANAL and are indications of active OUTER AUDITORY HAIR CELLS. Spontaneous otoacoustic emissions are found in all classes of land vertebrates.

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