Tone-burst-evoked otoacoustic emissions were measured as a function of tone-burst sound pressure level and frequency in normally hearing ears. Although the spectral and temporal properties varied across individual ears, there was a close correspondence between stimulus and response spectra. Both the spectral and latency characteristics of tone-burst-evoked emissions are consistent with the hypothesis that they are generated at sites along the cochlear partition corresponding to their frequency.
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Norton et al. (1987) studied this question.