Together with the ORGAN OF CORTI, the main sensing mechanism of the ear. It is contained within the fluid-filled COCHLEA of the INNER EAR, and is approximately 1.3 inches (35 mm) long, coiled 2 1/2 ...
It is commonly believed that the exceptional sensitivity of mammalian hearing depends on outer hair cells which generate forces for amplifying sound-induced basilar membrane vibrations, yet how ...
It is widely thought that otoacoustic emissions—sounds generated by the cochlea—propagate along the basilar membrane as backward-traveling waves to the middle ear and become acoustic emissions in the ...
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