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Alessandro Altoe, PhD

Instructor Of Research Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

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Dr. Altoè is an Electrical Engineer and Acoustician. Since 2018 he has been a member of the Auditory Physics Group, where he studies cochlear mechanics. His research has a keen focus on identifying the signal processing strategies within the cochlea that enable healthy ears outperform man-made technology.

Publications

  • The role of scalae geometry in cochlear mechanical responses: Pressure focusing in two and three dimensions. J Acoust Soc Am. 2026 Feb 01; 159(2):1290-1303.. View in PubMed
  • Intracochlear overdrive: Characterizing nonlinear wave amplification in the mouse apex. J Acoust Soc Am. 2023 11 01; 154(5):3414-3428.. View in PubMed
  • Otoacoustic emissions reveal the micromechanical role of organ-of-Corti cytoarchitecture in cochlear amplification. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2023 10 10; 120(41):e2305921120.. View in PubMed
  • Estimating cochlear impulse responses using frequency sweeps. J Acoust Soc Am. 2023 04 01; 153(4):2251.. View in PubMed
  • The Long Outer-Hair-Cell RC Time Constant: A Feature, Not a Bug, of the Mammalian Cochlea. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. 2023 04; 24(2):129-145.. View in PubMed
  • The Remarkable Outer Hair Cell: Proceedings of a Symposium in Honour of W. E. Brownell. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. 2023 04; 24(2):117-127.. View in PubMed
  • Crucial 3-D viscous hydrodynamic contributions to the theoretical modeling of the cochlear response. J Acoust Soc Am. 2023 01; 153(1):77.. View in PubMed
  • Overturning the mechanisms of cochlear amplification via area deformations of the organ of Corti. J Acoust Soc Am. 2022 10; 152(4):2227.. View in PubMed
  • Cochlear outer hair cell electromotility enhances organ of Corti motion on a cycle-by-cycle basis at high frequencies in vivo. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 10 26; 118(43).. View in PubMed
  • The Elusive Cochlear Filter: Wave Origin of Cochlear Cross-Frequency Masking. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. 2021 12; 22(6):623-640.. View in PubMed

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