Is the pressure difference between the oval and round windows the effective acoustic stimulus for the cochlea?

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1602-1616

  Voss, Susan E ^a,b,c   Rosowski, John J ^a,d   Peake, William T ^a,e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MIT DIVISION OF HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c USA   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CAT; COCHLEA; COCHLEA FENESTRA; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND PRESSURE; VESTIBULE;

EID: 0029819164     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.416062     Document Type: Article

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