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Christopher Bergevin

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Christopher Bergevin
Associate Professor, Research Stream

Department

Physics and Astronomy

Eligible to Supervise

Biology Graduate Program
Physics and Astronomy Graduate Program
Full Member

Website

Website

Contact

Office Location Petrie Science and Engineering Building, 240
Phone Number (416)736-2100 x 33730 (Voicemail)

Research Specialization

Auditory biophysics, especially otoacoustic emissions; Tuvan throat singing; Coupled/nonlinear oscillators; Signal processing in sensory physiology.

I am primarily interested in auditory biophysics, chiefly in the context of how sound is transduced by the ear into neural impulses going to the brain. Remarkably, somehow in the process of being a very sensitive detector, the (healthy) ear generates and subsequently emits sounds that can be detected non-invasively using a sensitive microphone. These sounds, known as otoacoustic emissions (OAEs), reveal many aspects of the inner workings of the ear and also have many translational applications (e.g., clinical audiology). Our lab combines both experimental and theoretical/modeling approaches across a broad comparative framework so to help us better understand OAEs and thereby the key biophysical processes at work that allow us to hear the world around us.

Research Areas

Biological Physics

Research Types

Computational, Experimental, Theoretical
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