A cochlear model using the time-averaged Lagrangian and the push-pull mechanism in the organ of Corti

Journal of Mechanics of Materials and Structures

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 977-986

  Yoon, Yongjin ^a   Puria, Sunil ^a,b   Steele, Charles R ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basilar membrane velocity; Cochlear active model; Gerbil; Outer hair cell; Push pull mechanism

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350408688     PISSN: 15593959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2140/jomms.2009.4.977     Document Type: Article

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