The human medial olivocochlear efferent reflex operates with specific millisecond timing constants.

Evidence

The human MOCB response (as measured using otoacoustic emissions: OAEs) has an onset delay of between 25 and 40 ms and rise and decay time constants in the region of 280 and 160 ms, respectively (Backus and Guinan 2006 ). — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 5953

Categorization

• DEFINE: Concrete quantitative timing parameters of the human MOCB reflex response.