N.P.Cooper: Publications


Books

  1. Cooper, N.P. & Kemp, D.T.  
    Concepts and Challenges in the Biophysics of Hearing    : Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on the Mechanics of Hearing, World Scientific (Singapore), ISBN 981-283-377-3, 533 pages, 2009.

Peer reviewed articles.

  1. Cooper, N.P. & Rhode, W.S.
    Basilar membrane mechanics in the hook region of cat and guinea-pig cochleae: Sharp tuning and nonlinearity in the absence of baseline position shifts.
    Hear. Res. 63, p163-190, 1992.
  2. Cooper, N.P. & Rhode, W.S.
    Basilar membrane tonotopicity in the hook region of the cat cochlea.
    Hear. Res. 63, p191-196, 1992.
  3. Rhode, W.S. & Cooper, N.P.
    Two-tone suppression and distortion production on the basilar membrane in the hook region of cat and guinea-pig cochleae.
    Hear. Res., 66, p31-45, 1993.
  4. Cooper, N.P., Robertson, D. & Yates, G.K.
    Cochlear nerve fiber responses to amplitude modulated stimuli: Variations with spontaneous rate and other response characteristics.
    J. Neurophysiol., 70(1), p370-386, 1993.
  5. Cooper, N.P. & Yates, G.K.
    Nonlinear input-output functions derived from the responses of guinea-pig cochlear nerve fibres: Variations with characteristic frequency.
    Hear. Res. 78, p221-234, 1994.
  6. Cooper, N.P. & Rhode, W.S.
    Nonlinear mechanics at the apex of the guinea-pig cochlea.
    Hear. Res. 82, p225-243, 1995    .
  7. Cooper, N.P.
    Two-tone suppression in cochlear mechanics.
    J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 99, p3087-3098, 1996.
  8. Cooper, N.P. & Rhode, W.S.
    Fast travelling waves, slow travelling waves, and their interactions in experimental studies of apical cochlear mechanics.
    Auditory Neuroscience 2, p289-299, 1996.
  9. Rhode, W.S. & Cooper, N.P.
    Nonlinear mechanics in the apical turn of the chinchilla cochlea, in vivo.
    Auditory Neuroscience 3, p101-121, 1996.
  10. Cooper, N.P. & Rhode, W.S.
    Two-tone suppression in apical cochlear mechanics.
    Auditory Neuroscience 3, p123-134, 1996.
  11. Cooper, N.P. & Rhode, W.S.
    Mechanical responses to two-tone distortion products in the apical and basal turns of the mammalian cochlea.
    J. Neurophysiol. 78, p261-270, 1997    .
  12. Cooper, N.P.
    Harmonic distortion on the basilar membrane in the basal turn of the guinea-pig cochlea.
    J. Physiol. 509, p277-288, 1998    .
  13. Cooper, N.P.
    An improved heterodyne laser interferometer for use in studies of cochlear mechanics.
    J. Neurosci. Meth. 88, p93-102, 1999.
  14. Cooper, N.P.
    Vibration of reflective beads placed on the basilar membrane in the basal turn of the cochlea.
    Acoustic Research Letters Online, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 106(6), L59-64, 1999.
  15. Cooper, N.P. & Guinan, J.J.
    Separate mechanical processes underlie fast and slow effects of medial olivocochlear efferent activity.
    J. Physiol. 548.1, 307-312, 2003.
  16. Homer, M., Champneys, A., Hunt, G. & Cooper, N.P.
    Mathematical modeling of the radial profile of basilar membrane vibrations in the inner ear.
    J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 116(2), 1025-1034, 2004.
  17. Dong, W. & Cooper, N.P.
    An experimental study into the acousto-mechanical effects of invading the cochlea.
    J. Roy. Soc. Interface 3(9), 561-571 (DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2006.0117), 2006.
  18. Cooper, N.P. & Guinan, J.J.
    Efferent-mediated control of basilar membrane motion.
    J. Physiol. 576.1, 49-54, 2006.
  19. Cooper, N.P.
    Mechanical pre-processing of amplitude modulated sounds in the apex of the cochlea.
    J. Oto-Rhino-Laryngology 68, 364-369, 2006.
  20. Ravicz, M.E., Cooper, N.P. & Rosowski, J.J.
    Gerbil middle-ear sound transmission from 100Hz to 60kHz.
    J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 124(1), 363-380, 2008.
  21. Guinan, J.J. & Cooper, N.P.
    Medial olivocochlear efferent inhibition of basilar-membrane responses to clicks: evidence for two modes of cochlear mechanical excitation.
    J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 124(2), 1080-1092, 2008.
  22. Szalai, R., Tsaneva-Atanasova, K., Homer, M.E., Champneys, A.R., Kennedy H.J. & Cooper, N.P.
    Nonlinear models of development, amplification and compression in the mammalian cochlea.
    Roy. Soc. Phil. Trans. A, in press (2011)
  23. Szalai, R., Champneys, A.R., Homer, M.E., O Maoileidigh, D, Kennedy H.J. & Cooper, N.P.
    On the origins of the compressive cochlear nonlinearity.
    submitted to J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 2011.

Invited reviews.

  1. Cooper, N.P.
    Compression in the peripheral auditory system.
    In: Compression: from cochlea to cochlear implants. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, volume 17: edited by S. Bacon, R.R. Fay and A.N. Popper. Springer-Verlag (New York), ISBN 0-387-00496-3, p18-61, 2003.
  2. Cooper, N.P., Pickles, J.O. & Manley, G.A.
    Traveling waves, second filters and physiological vulnerability: A short history of the discovery of active processes in hearing.
    In: Active Processes and Otoacoustic Emissions. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, volume 30: edited by G.A. Manley and B.L. Lonsbury-Martin. Springer-Verlag (New York), ISBN 987-0-387-71467-7, p39-62, 2008

Conference proceeding articles, book chapters, etc.

  1. Evans, E.F., Pratt, S.R., Spenner, H. & Cooper, N.P.
    Comparisons of physiological and behavioural properties: auditory frequency selectivity.
    In: Advances in the Biosciences Vol. 83, Auditory Physiology and Perception, edited by Y.Cazals. Pergammon Press (Oxford), p159-169, 1992.
  2. Cooper, N.P. & Rhode, W.S.
    Nonlinear mechanics at the base and apex of the mammalian cochlea: In vivo observations using a displacement-sensitive laser interferometer.
    Proc. International Symposium on "Biophysics of Hair Cell Sensory Systems" (June 28 - July 3, 1993), edited by H.Duifhuis, J.W.Horst, P. van Dijk, and S.M. van Netten, World Scientific (Singapore), p249-257, 1993.
  3. Rhode, W.S. & Cooper, N.P.
    Mechanical activity in the apex of the cochlea.
    Proc. Wenner-Gren international symposium on "Active Hearing" (May 25-28, 1994), edited by A.Flock, D.Ottoson and M.Ulfendahl, Elsevier Science, p307-320, 1995.
  4. Cooper, N.P.
    Mid-band sensitivity notches in apical cochlear mechanics.
    Proc. International Symposium on "Diversity in Auditory Mechanics" (June 24-28, 1996), edited by E.R. Lewis, G.R. Long, R.F. Lyon, O.M. Narins, C.R. Steele and E. Hecht-Poinar, World Scientific (Singapore), p298-304, 1997.
  5. Rhode, W.S. & Cooper, N.P.
    Nonlinear mechanisms at the apex of the chinchilla cochlea.
    Proc. International Symposium on "Diversity in Auditory Mechanics" (June 24-28, 1996), edited by E.R. Lewis, G.R. Long, R.F. Lyon, O.M. Narins, C.R. Steele and E. Hecht-Poinar, World Scientific (Singapore), p318-324, 1997.
  6. Cooper, N.P. & Rhode, W.S.
    Apical cochlear mechanics: a review of recent observations.
    Proc. International Symposium on “Psychophysical and Physiological Advances in Hearing” (Aug. 2-5, 1997), edited by A.R. Palmer, A. Rees, A.Q. Summerfield and R. Meddis, Whirr (London), p11-18, 1998.
  7. Cooper, N.P.
    Radial variation in the vibrations of the cochlear partition.
    Proc. International Symposium on “Recent Developments in Auditory Mechanics” (July 25-30, 1999), edited by H. Wada, T. Takasaka, K. Ikeda, K. Ohyama and T. Koike, World Scientific (Singapore), ISBN 981-02-4170-4, p109-115, 2000.
  8. Guinan, J.J. & Cooper, N.P.
    Fast effects of efferent stimulation on basilar membrane motion.
    Proc. International Symposium on “The Biophysics of the Cochlea: Molecules to Models” (July 27-August 1, 2002), edited by A.W. Gummer, World Scientific (Singapore), ISBN 981-238-304-2, p245-252, 2003.
  9. Cooper, N.P. & Dong, W.
    Baseline position shifts and mechanical compression in the apical turns of the cochlea.
    Proc. International Symposium on “The Biophysics of the Cochlea: Molecules to Models” (July 27-August 1, 2002), edited by A.W. Gummer, World Scientific (Singapore), ISBN 981-238-304-2, p261-270, 2003.
  10. Guinan, J.J., Lin, T. & Cooper, N.P.
    Medial-olivocochlear-efferent effects on basilar-membrane and auditory-nerve responses to clicks: evidence for a for a new motion within the cochlea.
    Proc. International Symposium on “Auditory Mechanisms: Processes and Models” (July 23-28, 2005), edited by A.L. Nuttall, T. Ren, P.G. Gillespie, K. Grosh and E. de Boer, World Scientific (Singapore), ISBN 981-256-824-7, p3-16, 2006.
  11. Cooper, N.P. & Guinan, J.J.
    Medial olivocochlear efferent effects on basilar membrane responses to sound.
    Proc. International Symposium on “Auditory Mechanisms: Processes and Models” (July 23-28, 2005), edited by A.L. Nuttall, T. Ren, P.G. Gillespie, K. Grosh and E. de Boer, World Scientific (Singapore), ISBN 981-256-824-7, p86-92, 2006.
  12. Cooper, N.P. & Shera, C.A.
    Comparing otoacoustic emissions and basilar membrane motion in individual ears.
    Proc. International Symposium on “Concepts and Challenges in the Biophysics of Hearing” (July 27-31, 2008), edited by N.P. Cooper and D.T. Kemp, World Scientific (Singapore), ISBN 981-283-377-3, p25-6, 2009.

Other publications, abstracts, etc.