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Peer-Reviewed Publications

  • Overtone focusing in biphonic Tuvan throat singing (2020)
    Bergevin C, Narayan C, Williams J, Mhatre N, Steeves J, Bernstein J, & Story B
    eLife (in press) (see bioRxiv pre-print in meantime)
  • Evidence supporting synchrony between two active ears due to interaural coupling (2020)
    Bergevin C, Mhatre N & Mason A
    J. Acoust. Soc. Am. Exp. Lett. (JASA-EL) (pdf)
  • Reflections from gems in the old literature (Letter to Editor) (2019)
    Bergevin C
    Phys. Today (pdf)
  • Mammalian behavior and physiology converge to confirm sharper cochlear tuning in humans (2018)
    Sumner CJ, Wells TT, Bergevin C, Sollini J, Kreft HA, Palmer AR, Oxenham AJ & Shera CA
    Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (PNAS) (pdf)
  • The following appears in To the Ear & Back Again: Advances in Auditory Biophysics (Proceedings of the 13th Mechanics of Hearing Workshop) (2018)
    • Comparing external tympanum vibration and spontaneous otoacoustic emissions
      Bergevin C, Mhatre N, & Mason A (pdf)
  • No otoacoustic evidence for a peripheral basis underlying absolute pitch (2018)
    McKetton L, Purcell D, Stone V, Grahn J, Bergevin C
    Hear. Res., 370: 201-208 (pdf, open access)
  • Scanning Electron Microscopy of the Basilar Papilla of the Lizard (Anolis Carolinensis) (2018)
    Negandhi J, Bergevin C, & Harrison RV
    Canad. Acoust. 46(1):7-12 (link, pdf)
  • The following appears in Understanding the Cochlea (Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, SHAR) (2017)
  • Salient features of otoacoustic emissions are common across tetrapod groups and suggest shared properties of generation mechanisms (2015)
    Bergevin C, Manley GA, & Koppl C
    Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (PNAS) 112(11):3362-3367 (pdf)
  • The following appear in Mechanics of Hearing: Protein to Perception (2015; link)
    • Slow dynamics of the amphibian tympanic membrane
      Bergevin C, Meenderink SWF, van der Heijden M, & Narins PM (pdf)
    • Otoacoustic interrelationships of the barn owl
      Bergevin C, Manley GA, & Koppl C (pdf)
    • Dynamics of spontaneous otoacoustic emissions
      Bergevin C & Salerno, A (pdf, poster)
    • Common substructure in otoacoustic emission spectra of land vertebrates
      Manley GA, Koppl C, & Bergevin C (pdf)
    • MoH 101 session (slides)
  • External and middle ear sound pressure distribution and acoustic coupling to the tympanic membrane (2014)
    Bergevin C & Olson E
    J. Acoust. Soc. Am. (JASA) 135(3):1294-1312 (pdf, or via ASA website)
  • Obtaining reliable phase-gradient delay trends from otoacoustic emission data (2012)
    Shera CA & Bergevin C
    J. Acoust. Soc. Am. (JASA) 132(2):927-943 (pdf)
  • Probing cochlear tuning and tonotopy in the tiger using otoacoustic emissions (2012)
    Bergevin C, Walsh EJ, McGee J, & Shera CA
    J. Comp. Physiol. A 198(8):617-624 (pdf)
  • Interrelationships between spontaneous and low-level stimulus-frequency otoacoustic emissions in humans (2012)
    Bergevin C, Fulcher A, Richmond S, Velenovsky D, & Lee J
    Hear. Res., 285:20-28 (pdf)
  • The following appear in What Fire is in Mine Ears: Progress in Auditory Biomechanics (American Institute of Physics) (2011; link)
    • Coupled, active oscillators and lizard otoacoustic emissions
      Bergevin C, Velenovsky D, Bonine KE (pdf)
    • Stiffness vs damping in the cochlea: A negative conclusion?
      Binder A, Aranyosi AJ, Bergevin C (pdf)
    • Otoacoustic estimates of cochlear tuning: Testing predictions in macaque
      Shera CA, Bergevin C, Kalluri R, Mc Laughlin M, Michelet P, van der Heijden M, Joris PX (pdf)
    • MoH101: Basic concepts in the mechanics of hearing
      Bergevin C, Epp B, Meenderink SWF (pdf)
  • Frequency selectivity in Old World monkeys corroborates sharp cochlear tuning in humans (2011)
    Joris PX*, Bergevin C*, Kalluri R, Mc Laughlin M, Michelet P, van der Heijden M, Shera CA
    Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (PNAS), 108(42):17516-17520 (pdf)
  • Comparison of otoacoustic emissions within gecko sub-families: Morphological implications for auditory function in lizards (2011)
    Bergevin C
    J. Assoc. Res. Otolaryngol. (JARO), 12:203-217 (pdf)
  • Tectorial membrane morphological variation: Effects upon stimulus frequency otoacoustic emissions (2010)
    Bergevin C, Velenovsky D, Bonine KE
    Biophys. J., 99(4):1064-1072 (pdf)
  • Coherent reflection without traveling waves: On the origin of long-latency otoacoustic emissions in lizards (2010)
    Bergevin C, Shera C
    J. Acoust. Soc. Am. (JASA), 127(4):2398-2409 (pdf)
  • Towards improving the integration of undergraduate biology and mathematics education (2010)
    Bergevin C
    J. Microbiol. Biol. Edu. (JMBE), 11(1):28-33 (pdf)
  • The auditroy midbrain of people with tinnitus: Abnormal sound-evoked activity revisted (2009)
    Melcher JR, Levine RA, Bergevin C, Norris B
    Hear. Res., 257:63-74
  • Modeling stimulus-frequency otoacoustic emissions in the gecko (2009)
    Bergevin C, Shera CA
    Concepts and Challenges in the Biophysics of Hearing (World Scientific, Singapore; link), pg. 85-90 (pdf)
  • Otoacoustic emissions in humans, birds, lizards, and frogs: evidence for multiple generation mechanisms (2008)
    Bergevin C, Freeman DM, Saunders JC, Shera CA
    J. Comp. Physiol. A, 194(7):665-683 (pdf)
  • A comparative study of evoked otoacoustic emissions in geckos and humans (2006)
    Bergevin C, Freeman DM, Shera CA
    Auditory Mechanisms: Processes and Models (World Scientific, Singapore; link), pg. 388-389 (pdf)

Previous Conference Presentations

  • Towards clinical evaluation of frequency selectivity using stimulus frequency otoacoustic emissions [IHLC 2019, abstract, poster, talk]
  • Overtone Focusing in Tuvan Throat Singing [ARO 2019, abstract, poster, website (w/ audio files)]
  • Overtone Focusing in Tuvan Throat Singing [ARO 2019, abstract, poster, website (w/ audio files)]
  • Comparative otoacoustic insights (ASA 2018 abstract, slides). Note: This session was in honor of David Kemp
  • Connecting the dots: Empirical approaches to the OAE inverse problem (OAEs: Evoking the future Workshop, Los Angeles, CA, Feb. 7-8, 2018), (abstract)
  • Interaural Coupling and Synchronization of Two Active Ears (ARO 2018, abstract)
  • Dynamics of spontaneous otoacoustic emissions: Theory and experiment (BPS 2016, abstract)
  • Introducing global coupling to nearest-neighbor models of SOAE generation (ARO 2016, abstract, poster)
  • Energy propagation via traveling waves on the bullfrog tympanic membrane (ARO 2016, abstract)
  • No otoacoustic evidence for a peripheral basis underlying absolute pitch (2015 CVR International Conference on Perceptual Organization; poster)
  • Active nonlinear oscillators underlying peripheral auditory transduction (BSC 2015, abstract)
  • The notion of "frequency clusters" in spontaneous otoacoustic emission generation (ASA 2015, abstract)
  • No otoacoustic evidence for a peripheral basis underlying absolute pitch (ASA 2015, abstract)
  • Spectral patterns of spontaneous otoacoustic emissions are not dependent on morphology (ARO 2015, abstract)
  • Where is the energy stored? Energy flow in the eardrum can account for long transmission delays in the frog (ARO 2015, abstract)
  • The Role of Resonance in Middle Ear Transmission (ARO 2015, abstract)
  • Recasting coherent reflection (Gordon Research Conference: Auditory System 2014, slides; this poster was also presented)
  • Slow to hear: Traveling waves on the eardrum (Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP) Congress 2014, slides)
  • Peripheral sensory transduction (CVR Summer School 2014, slides)
  • Dynamics of auditory hair cells (Cell Dynamics Workshop 2014, slides)
  • Interrelations between otoacoustic emission delays and neural tuning in the barn owl (ARO 2014, abstract)
  • Comparing Otoacoustic, Auditory-Nerve, and Behavioral Estimates of Cochlear Tuning in the Ferret (ARO 2014, abstract)
  • Reverse-engineering the Copernican Revolution: Exploring how inverse problems lead to models (CUPC 2013, abstract, poster)
  • Frequency selectivity measured behaviorally in the ferret using forward masking (British Soc. Audiol. 2013, poster - pdf)
  • Comparative Auditory Biomechanics Probed by Otoacoustic Emissions (ASA 2013, talk - abstract)
  • Sound transmission in a simple model of the ear canal and tympanic membrane (ASA 2013, talk - abstract)
  • Probing otoacoustic emissions in the budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) (ARO 2013, poster - pdf)
  • Acoustics of the ear canal and middle ear cavity probed with high spatial resolution (ARO 2012, poster, pdf, abstact)
  • Relationships between cochlear tuning and delay probed with a nonlinear transmission-line model (ARO 2012, poster, pdf, abstact)
  • Otoacoustic Emission Delays As a Probe To Measure Cochlear Tuning: Comparative Validations (ASA 2011, talk )
  • Using otoacoustic emissions to explore cochlear tuning and tonotopy in the tiger (ARO 2011, poster, pdf, abstact)
  • Stimulus-Frequency Otoacoustic Emissions As a Probe of Cochlear Tuning in the Common Marmoset (ARO 2011, poster, pdf, abstract)
  • Otoacoustic Emission Methodology: A Non-Invasive Probe to Inner Ear Function (ARO 2011, talk , pdf, abstract)
  • Auditory Brainstem Responses and Otoacoustic Emissions in Lizards: Comparisons Across Species and Temperatures (ARO 2011, poster, pdf, abstract)
  • Integrating Mathematics Into Life Science Education (ASMCUE 2010, talk, pdf)
  • Otoacoustic Emission Temperature Dependence Across the Lacertilia (ARO 2010, poster, pdf, references)
  • Exploring the Interrelationship between Spontaneous and Low-Level Stimulus-Frequency Otoacoustic Emissions (ARO 2010, poster, pdf)
  • Long Delays Without Basilar-Membrane Traveling Waves: Correlations Between Tuning Bandwidth and Emission Delay in a Model of the Gecko Inner Ear (ARO 2009, poster, pdf)
  • Develops a model for lizard SFOAE generation and associated phase-gradient delays (Mechanic of Hearing 2008, poster, pdf; manuscript, pdf)
  • Correlation between SFOAE phase-gradient delays and tuning in auditory nerve fibers for old-world monkeys (ARO 2008, poster, pdf)
  • Exploring connections between phase-gradient delays, traveling waves and tuning (OSU Mathematical Biosciences Institute 2007, slides, pdf)
  • Systematic comparison of various properties of OAEs across a wide range of species (ARO 2007, poster, pdf)
  • Examines OAE level-dependence in humans and geckos and discusses various models (ARO 2006, poster, pdf)
  • Comparison of evoked OAEs between humans and geckos (Mechanics of Hearing 2005, poster, pdf)

[NOTE: ARO = Association for Research in Otolaryngology
             ASA = Acoustical Society of America
             BPS = Biophysical Society
             CUPC = Canadian Undergraduate Physics Conference]