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Christopher A. Shera, Ph.D.

TitleProfessor of Otology and Laryngology
InstitutionMassachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
DepartmentOtology and Laryngology
AddressMassachusetts Eye & Ear Infrm
Eaton-Peabody Laboratory
243 Charles St
Boston MA 02114
Phone617/573-4235
Fax617/720-4408
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TitleAssociate Professor of Health Sciences and Technology
InstitutionMassachusetts Institute of Technology
DepartmentHealth Sciences and Technology


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  1. Shera CA, Cooper NP. Basilar-membrane interference patterns from multiple internal reflection of cochlear traveling waves. J Acoust Soc Am. 2013 Apr; 133(4):2224-39.
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  2. Verhulst S, Dau T, Shera CA. Nonlinear time-domain cochlear model for transient stimulation and human otoacoustic emission. J Acoust Soc Am. 2012 Dec; 132(6):3842-8.
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  3. Shera CA, Bergevin C. Obtaining reliable phase-gradient delays from otoacoustic emission data. J Acoust Soc Am. 2012 Aug; 132(2):927-43.
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  4. Bergevin C, Walsh EJ, McGee J, Shera CA. Probing cochlear tuning and tonotopy in the tiger using otoacoustic emissions. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 2012 Aug; 198(8):617-24.
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  5. Rasetshwane DM, Neely ST, Allen JB, Shera CA. Reflectance of acoustic horns and solution of the inverse problem. J Acoust Soc Am. 2012 Mar; 131(3):1863-73.
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  6. Joris PX, Bergevin C, Kalluri R, Mc Laughlin M, Michelet P, van der Heijden M, Shera CA. Frequency selectivity in Old-World monkeys corroborates sharp cochlear tuning in humans. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Oct 18; 108(42):17516-20.
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  7. Shera CA, Olson ES, Guinan JJ. On cochlear impedances and the miscomputation of power gain. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. 2011 Dec; 12(6):671-6.
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  8. Sisto R, Moleti A, Botti T, Bertaccini D, Shera CA. Distortion products and backward-traveling waves in nonlinear active models of the cochlea. J Acoust Soc Am. 2011 May; 129(5):3141-52.
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  9. O'Gorman DE, Colburn HS, Shera CA. Auditory sensitivity may require dynamically unstable spike generators: evidence from a model of electrical stimulation. J Acoust Soc Am. 2010 Nov; 128(5):EL300-5.
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  10. Shera CA, Guinan JJ, Oxenham AJ. Otoacoustic estimation of cochlear tuning: validation in the chinchilla. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. 2010 Sep; 11(3):343-65.
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  11. Bergevin C, Shera CA. Coherent reflection without traveling waves: on the origin of long-latency otoacoustic emissions in lizards. J Acoust Soc Am. 2010 Apr; 127(4):2398-409.
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  12. Voss SE, Adegoke MF, Horton NJ, Sheth KN, Rosand J, Shera CA. Posture systematically alters ear-canal reflectance and DPOAE properties. Hear Res. 2010 May; 263(1-2):43-51.
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  13. O'Gorman DE, White JA, Shera CA. Dynamical instability determines the effect of ongoing noise on neural firing. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. 2009 Jun; 10(2):251-67.
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  14. Shera CA, Tubis A, Talmadge CL. Testing coherent reflection in chinchilla: Auditory-nerve responses predict stimulus-frequency emissions. J Acoust Soc Am. 2008 Jul; 124(1):381-95.
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  15. Bergevin C, Freeman DM, Saunders JC, Shera CA. Otoacoustic emissions in humans, birds, lizards, and frogs: evidence for multiple generation mechanisms. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 2008 Jul; 194(7):665-83.
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  16. Sisto R, Moleti A, Shera CA. Cochlear reflectivity in transmission-line models and otoacoustic emission characteristic time delays. J Acoust Soc Am. 2007 Dec; 122(6):3554-61.
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  17. Kalluri R, Shera CA. Comparing stimulus-frequency otoacoustic emissions measured by compression, suppression, and spectral smoothing. J Acoust Soc Am. 2007 Dec; 122(6):3562-75.
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  18. Shera CA. Laser amplification with a twist: traveling-wave propagation and gain functions from throughout the cochlea. J Acoust Soc Am. 2007 Nov; 122(5):2738-58.
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  19. Kalluri R, Shera CA. Near equivalence of human click-evoked and stimulus-frequency otoacoustic emissions. J Acoust Soc Am. 2007 Apr; 121(4):2097-110.
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  20. Shera CA, Tubis A, Talmadge CL, de Boer E, Fahey PF, Guinan JJ. Allen-Fahey and related experiments support the predominance of cochlear slow-wave otoacoustic emissions. J Acoust Soc Am. 2007 Mar; 121(3):1564-75.
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  21. Shera CA, Guinan JJ. Cochlear traveling-wave amplification, suppression, and beamforming probed using noninvasive calibration of intracochlear distortion sources. J Acoust Soc Am. 2007 Feb; 121(2):1003-16.
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  22. de Boer E, Nuttall AL, Shera CA. Wave propagation patterns in a "classical" three-dimensional model of the cochlea. J Acoust Soc Am. 2007 Jan; 121(1):352-62.
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  23. Voss SE, Horton NJ, Tabucchi TH, Folowosele FO, Shera CA. Posture-induced changes in distortion-product otoacoustic emissions and the potential for noninvasive monitoring of changes in intracranial pressure. Neurocrit Care. 2006; 4(3):251-7.
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  24. Shera CA, Tubis A, Talmadge CL. Coherent reflection in a two-dimensional cochlea: Short-wave versus long-wave scattering in the generation of reflection-source otoacoustic emissions. J Acoust Soc Am. 2005 Jul; 118(1):287-313.
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  25. Shera CA, Tubis A, Talmadge CL. Do forward- and backward-traveling waves occur within the cochlea? Countering the critique of Nobili et al. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. 2004 Dec; 5(4):349-59.
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  26. Voss SE, Shera CA. Simultaneous measurement of middle-ear input impedance and forward/reverse transmission in cat. J Acoust Soc Am. 2004 Oct; 116(4 Pt 1):2187-98.
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  27. Shera CA. Mechanisms of mammalian otoacoustic emission and their implications for the clinical utility of otoacoustic emissions. Ear Hear. 2004 Apr; 25(2):86-97.
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  28. Goodman SS, Withnell RH, Shera CA. The origin of SFOAE microstructure in the guinea pig. Hear Res. 2003 Sep; 183(1-2):7-17.
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  29. Oxenham AJ, Shera CA. Estimates of human cochlear tuning at low levels using forward and simultaneous masking. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. 2003 Dec; 4(4):541-54.
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  30. Shera CA. Mammalian spontaneous otoacoustic emissions are amplitude-stabilized cochlear standing waves. J Acoust Soc Am. 2003 Jul; 114(1):244-62.
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  31. Shera CA, Guinan JJ. Stimulus-frequency-emission group delay: a test of coherent reflection filtering and a window on cochlear tuning. J Acoust Soc Am. 2003 May; 113(5):2762-72.
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  32. Shera CA, Guinan JJ, Oxenham AJ. Revised estimates of human cochlear tuning from otoacoustic and behavioral measurements. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Mar 5; 99(5):3318-23.
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  33. Shera KA, Shera CA, McDougall JK. Small tumor virus genomes are integrated near nuclear matrix attachment regions in transformed cells. J Virol. 2001 Dec; 75(24):12339-46.
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  34. Shera CA. Intensity-invariance of fine time structure in basilar-membrane click responses: implications for cochlear mechanics. J Acoust Soc Am. 2001 Jul; 110(1):332-48.
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  35. Shera CA. Frequency glides in click responses of the basilar membrane and auditory nerve: their scaling behavior and origin in traveling-wave dispersion. J Acoust Soc Am. 2001 May; 109(5 Pt 1):2023-34.
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  36. Kalluri R, Shera CA. Distortion-product source unmixing: a test of the two-mechanism model for DPOAE generation. J Acoust Soc Am. 2001 Feb; 109(2):622-37.
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  37. Shera CA, Talmadge CL, Tubis A. Interrelations among distortion-product phase-gradient delays: their connection to scaling symmetry and its breaking. J Acoust Soc Am. 2000 Dec; 108(6):2933-48.
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  38. Voss SE, Rosowski JJ, Merchant SN, Thornton AR, Shera CA, Peake WT. Middle ear pathology can affect the ear-canal sound pressure generated by audiologic earphones. Ear Hear. 2000 Aug; 21(4):265-74.
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  39. Voss SE, Rosowski JJ, Shera CA, Peake WT. Acoustic mechanisms that determine the ear-canal sound pressures generated by earphones. J Acoust Soc Am. 2000 Mar; 107(3):1548-65.
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  40. Shera CA, Guinan JJ. Evoked otoacoustic emissions arise by two fundamentally different mechanisms: a taxonomy for mammalian OAEs. J Acoust Soc Am. 1999 Feb; 105(2 Pt 1):782-98.
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  41. Zweig G, Shera CA. The origin of periodicity in the spectrum of evoked otoacoustic emissions. J Acoust Soc Am. 1995 Oct; 98(4):2018-47.
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  42. Shera CA, Zweig G. Noninvasive measurement of the cochlear traveling-wave ratio. J Acoust Soc Am. 1993 Jun; 93(6):3333-52.
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  43. Shera CA, Zweig G. An empirical bound on the compressibility of the cochlea. J Acoust Soc Am. 1992 Sep; 92(3):1382-8.
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  44. Shera CA, Zweig G. Middle-ear phenomenology: the view from the three windows. J Acoust Soc Am. 1992 Sep; 92(3):1356-70.
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  45. Shera CA, Zweig G. Analyzing reverse middle-ear transmission: noninvasive Gedankenexperiments. J Acoust Soc Am. 1992 Sep; 92(3):1371-81.
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  46. Shera CA, Zweig G. Phenomenological characterization of eardrum transduction. J Acoust Soc Am. 1991 Jul; 90(1):253-62.
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  47. Shera CA, Zweig G. A symmetry suppresses the cochlear catastrophe. J Acoust Soc Am. 1991 Mar; 89(3):1276-89.
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  48. Shera CA, Zweig G. Reflection of retrograde waves within the cochlea and at the stapes. J Acoust Soc Am. 1991 Mar; 89(3):1290-305.
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