Recent Publications

Ferry, R.T., and Meddis, R. (2007). "A computer model of medial efferent suppression in the mammalian auditory system", Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 122, 3519-3526. (download pdf)

Lopez-Najera, A. Lopez-Poveda, E., and Meddis, R. (2007). "Further studies on the dual-resonance nonlinear filter model of cochlear frequency selectivity: Responses to tones", Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 122, 2124-2134. (download pdf)

Meddis, R. and O'Mard, L.P. (2006) 'Virtual pitch in a computational physiological model', J. Acoust. Soc.Am., 120, 3861-3896. (download pdf)

Meddis, (2006). Reply to comment on "Auditory-nerve first-spike latency and auditory absolute threshold: A computer model" , J. Acoust. Soc.Am., 120, 1192-1193. (download pdf)

Meddis, R. (2006). "Auditory-nerve first-spike latency and auditory absolute threshold: a computer model", Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 119. 406-417. (download pdf)

Meddis , R. and O'Mard, L. P. (2005). "A computer model of the auditory nerve response to forward masking stimuli." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America.(download pdf)

Lopez-Poveda, E.A., Plack, C.J., Meddis, R. and Blanco, J.L. (2005) Cochlear compression between 500 and 8000 Hz in listeners with moderate sensorineural hearing loss' , Hearing Research,(download pdf).

Holmes, S., Sumner, C., O'Mard, L. P. and Meddis, R. (2004). 'The temporal representation of speech in a nonlinear model of the guinea pig cochlea' Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 116, 3534-3545. (download pdf)

Wiegrebe, L. and Meddis, R. (2004) 'The representation of periodic sounds in simulated sustained chopper units of the ventral cochlear nucleus' Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 115, 1207-1218. (download pdf)

Gockel,H., Moore,BCJ, Patterson, R.D. and Meddis, R. (2003). 'Louder sounds can produce less forward masking: Effects of component phase in complex tones', Journal of Acoustical Society of America, 114, 978-990.(download pdf)

Sumner, C., O'Mard, L.P., Lopez-Poveda, E.A., and Meddis, R. (2003). 'A non-linear filter-bank model of the guinea-pig cochlea,', Journal of Acoustical Society of America 113, 3264-3274. (download pdf)

Lopez-Poveda, E.A., Plack, C.A., and Meddis, R. (2003). 'Cochlear nonlinearity between 500 and 8000 Hz in listeners with normal hearing,' Journal of Acoustical Society of America, 113, 951-960. (download pdf)

Sumner, C., Lopez-Poveda, E.A., O'Mard, L.P. and Meddis, R. (2003). 'Adaptation in a revised inner-hair cell model,' Journal of Acoustical Society of America, 113, 893-901. (download pdf)

Sumner, C.J., O'Mard, L.P., Lopez-Poveda, E.A., and Meddis, R. (2002). "A revised model of the inner-hair cell and auditory nerve complex," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 111, 2178-2189. (download pdf)

Meddis, R., Delahaye, R., O'Mard, L., Sumner, C., Fantini, D.A., Winter, I and Pressnitzer, D. (2002) "A model of signal Processing in the Cochlear Nucleus: Comodulation masking Release," Acustica, 88, 387-398.

Lopez-Poveda, E. A. and Meddis, R. (2001). "A human nonlinear cochlear filterbank"Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 110 (6): 3107-3118. (download pdf)

Delahaye, R., Meddis, R. and Fantini, D.A. (2001). "A model of a brainstem circuit that might be involved in comodulation masking release," in Physiological and Psychological Bases of Auditory function, edited by Breebaart, D.J., Houtsma, A.J.M., Kohlraus

Meddis, R., O'Mard, L.P. and Lopez-Poveda, E.A. (2001) "A computational algorithm for computing nonlinear auditory frequency selectivity," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 109, 2852-2861.(download pdf)

Pressnitzer, D., Meddis, R., Delahaye, R. and Winter, I.M. (2001). "Physiological Correlates of comodulation masking release in the mammalian ventral cochlear nucleus," J. Neuroscience, 21, 6377-6386.(download pdf)

Delahaye R., Fantini D.A., and Meddis R. (2001). "Effects of flanking component spectral position and modulation pattern on thresholds for signals presented in the peaks of a modulated tonal masker," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America., 109, 426 (download pdf)

Jones, S., Meddis, R., Lim, S.C. (2000). "Toward a digital neuromorphic pitch extraction system," IEEE T Neural Networks, 11, 978-987

Freeman, J., Avons, S.E., and Meddis, R. (2000). "Using behavioral realism to estimate presence: A study of the utility of postural responses to motion stimuli," Presence Teleoperators. And Virtual environments, 9, 149-164.

Van Schaik, A. and Meddis, R. (1999). "Analog VLSI implementation of a model of amplitude-modulation sensitivity in the auditory brainstem". Journal of the Acoustical Society of America., 105, 811-821.(download pdf)

Palmer, A.R., Rees, A., Summerfield, A.Q. & Meddis, R. (1998). (eds.) Psychophysical and Physiological Advances in Hearing, Whurr, London.

Lopez-Poveda, E.A., O'Mard. L.P. & Meddis, R. (1998). "A revised computational inner hair cell model." In A.R. Palmer, A. Rees, A.Q. Summerfield, R. Meddis (eds.) Psychophysical and Physiological Advances in Hearing, Whurr, London.

van Schaik, A., Fragniere, E., Vittoz, E. & Meddis, R.. (1998). "Analogue VLSI building blocks for an electronic auditory pathway." In A.R. Palmer, A. Rees, A.Q. Summerfield, R. Meddis (eds.) Psychophysical and Physiological Advances in Hearing, Whurr, London

Meddis, R. & O'Mard, L. (1997). "A unitary model of pitch perception." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 102(3), 1811-1820. (download pdf)

Meddis, R. (1997). "A physiological model of auditory selective attention." In B. Ainsworth, (Ed.), Cochlear Nucleus: Structure and Function in Relation to Modelling, JAI Press.

Beauvois, M.W. & Meddis, R. (1997). "Time decay of auditory-stream biasing." Perception and Psychophysica, 59, 81-86.

Lim, S.C., Temple, A.R., Jones, S. & Meddis, R. (1997). "VHDL-based design of biologically inspired pitch detection system." IEEE 8, 922-927.

Lopez-Poveda, E.A. & Meddis, R. (1996). "A physical model of sound diffraction and reflections in the human cochlear." Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 100, 3248-3259. (download pdf)

Beauvois, M. W. and Meddis, R. (1996). " Computer simulation of auditory stream segregation in alternating-tone sequences," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 99 (4), Pt. 1, April 1996, 2270-2280.

Hewitt, M. J. and Meddis, R. (1995). " A Computer Model of Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus Pyramidal Cells: Intrinsic Membrane Properties," Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 97 (4), 2405-2413. (download pdf)

Shackleton, T.M., Meddis, R. and Hewitt, M.J., (1994). " The Role of Binaural and Fundamental Frequency Difference Cues in the Identification of Concurrently Presented Vowels". The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology,47A(3), pp. 545-563.

Hewitt, M.J. and Meddis, R., (1994). " A Computer Model of Amplitude-Modulation Sensitivity of Single Units in the Inferior Colliculus", J.Acoust. Soc. Am.95 (4), April 1994, pp. 2145-2159.