Fig. 2.
The characteristics of the dynamic back-end compression in the MOC strategy. A, Range of instantaneous compression functions (Eq. 1) for six different values of the contralateral energy (E) linearly distributed from −20 to 0 dB FS and corresponding values of the parameter c, as shown in the inset. The double-headed vertical arrow illustrates the amount of inhibition for an input level of −45 dB FS. B, Inhibition (in dB) a function of contralateral output energy, for four fixed input amplitudes (in dB FS) indicated in the inset. C, Inhibition (in dB) as a function of input amplitude for the same six values of E (in dB FS) shown in (A). dB FS means dB re unity. FS indicates full scale; MOC, medial olivocochlear reflex.