Mathematical modeling of the radial profile of basilar membrane vibrations in the inner ear

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1025-1034

  Homer, Martin ^a   Champneys, Alan ^a   Hunt, Giles ^b   Cooper, Nigel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BENDING STIFFNESS; STRUCTURAL HINGES;

ACOUSTIC NOISE;

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; BASILAR MEMBRANE; INNER EAR; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SOUND PRESSURE; SOUND TRANSMISSION; VIBRATION;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; BASILAR MEMBRANE; BIOMECHANICS; CHINCHILLA; HAIR CELLS; HEARING; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPIRAL GANGLION; VIBRATION;

EID: 4043069838     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1771571     Document Type: Article

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