Talk:Acoustic reflex

message: ^That is a terrible title. Please change it to something else. It's not essential to me.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.1.104.12 (talk) 18:30, 15 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title: Miscellaneous Essential Informations

message: I am doubtful of the validity of some of the content here. For example, the idea that we fail to hear someone if we speak over them because of our speech-induced reflex and not because of masking cannot be true, because the reflex only gives around 20dB of attenuation, and it takes a lot more than that to stop us hearing a conversation. It has to be masking by the louder source that is really preventing us from hearing. --Lindosland (talk) 17:48, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: You indicate that "it takes a lot more than that to stop us hearing a conversation" but that depends on the volume of conversation. There exists a base volume level between negative infinity and infinity such that -20dB would make it incomprehensible. 216.36.186.2 (talk) 18:04, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: I

message: I think the three paragraphs starting with "Humming" should probably be removed.
They are interesting but conjectural and I can't find any references to support them.
In fact, literature suggests that the acoustic reflex is most active at frequencies less than 0.8 Hz.  Mdscottis (talk) 22:58, 11 October 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I have removed the paragraphs regarding "humming". See talk section below. --JAC4 (talk) 12:38, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vocalization-induced stapedius reflex 

message: How quickly does this happen?  How long does it last after the sound?  Is the attenuation variable or on/off?  Does the muscle get tired and loosen with prolonged sounds?  Is the trigger threshold absolute or relative to background noise?  How is the reflex tested? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Justanothervisitor (talk • contribs) 14:53, 2 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  More details 

message: I tagged much of this article as citation-needed and/or original-research in July of 2012. It now May of 2013. As nobody has stepped up to claim validity in nearly a year, I am removing the dubious content, especially that related to the supposed intentional manipulation of the reflex (by e.g. humming) as a means to soften expected loud sounds. If you were the author of that content, it is now time to do your research before re-adding it. --JAC4 (talk) 12:20, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Uncorrected content removed. 

message: In the Characteristics and Effects section, the first bullet point says: "For most animals, the acoustic reflex is the contraction of both middle ear muscles: the stapedius and tensor tympani muscles. However in humans, the acoustic reflex only involves the contraction of the stapedius muscle, not the tensor tympani." But the second paragraph of the article says it *does* involve tensor tympani contraction, and describes the effect of its contraction. They both have citations, which I didn't follow because I wouldn't be qualified to judge whatever those link to anyway. Anybody know which is right? dan (talk) 06:42, 12 November 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  tensor tympani contraction?