Nonlinear mechanics of the organ of corti caused by Deiters cells

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1227-1233

  Böhnke, Frank ^a   Arnold, Wolfgang ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Finite element method; Geometrical nonlinearity; Micromechanics; Organ of Corti; Outer hair cells; Phalangeal processes

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC SIGNAL PROCESSING; CELL MEMBRANES; CYTOLOGY; ELASTIC MODULI; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DEITERS CELLS; ORGAN OF CORTI;

BIOMECHANICS;

ACTIN;

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BASILAR MEMBRANE; BIOMECHANICS; COCHLEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTI ORGAN; ELASTICITY; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HAIR CELL; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 0032190594     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.720200     Document Type: Article

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