Effect of the cochlear microphonic on the limiting frequency of the mammalian ear

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1607-1612

  Iwasa, Kuni H ^a   Sul, Bora ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUDIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS; ELECTRIC FILTERS; WAVE FILTERS;

CORNER FREQUENCIES; ELECTROMOTILITY; EXTRA CELLULAR MEDIUM; FREQUENCY CHARACTERISTICS; FREQUENCY DEPENDENCES; FREQUENCY-SELECTIVITY; LIMITING FREQUENCY; LOW-PASS RC FILTER; OPERATING FREQUENCIES; VOLTAGE DROPS;

MAMMALS;

VOLTAGE GATED POTASSIUM CHANNEL;

AMPLIFIER; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COCHLEA; COCHLEA POTENTIAL; EAR; ELECTROMOTILITY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HAIR CELL; HEARING ACUITY; LIMITING FREQUENCY; MAMMAL; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MICROPHONE; NONHUMAN; OSCILLATION; POTASSIUM CURRENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; RECEPTOR POTENTIAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BASILAR MEMBRANE; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR MICROPHONIC POTENTIALS; ENDOLYMPH; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY, OUTER; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERILYMPH; TIME FACTORS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 52449127643     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2953317     Document Type: Article

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