Auditory reflex
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- The auditory reflex is a protective mechanism that limits the amount of energy entering the cochlea when the sound entering the ear is approximately 85 15 dB or higher.
- An example of an auditory reflex is when you automatically turn your head to hear something more clearly.
- A child's or elderly person's auditory reflex is unable to provide the level of protection afforded to other adults.
- Auditory reflex thresholds elevated by stress-induced cortisol secretion.
- [Impedancemetric study of the variations of the auditory reflex in man as a function of age (author's transl)]Gersdorff MC.
- Page 5 203 Auditory Reflex Reflex pathways, by definition, include a sensory limb (input), central integration and a motor limb (output).
- The tectal spinal tract, located in the ventral fasciculus of the spinal cord, sends information to lower motor neurons for the auditory reflex.
- Auditory Reflex Center iii.
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