The cochlear amplifier: Augmentation of the traveling wave within the inner ear

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 431-438

  Oghalai, John S ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cochlea; Cochlear amplifier; Hearing; Hearing loss; Otoacoustic emissions; Outer hair cell

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIER; CELL MEMBRANE; COCHLEA; CORTI ORGAN; CYTOSKELETON; FORCE; HAIR CELL; HEARING; INNER EAR; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VIBRATION;

EID: 4644373263     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.moo.0000134449.05454.82     Document Type: Review

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