Von Békésy and cochlear mechanics

Hearing Research

Volumn 293, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 31-43

  Olson, Elizabeth S ^a   Duifhuis, Hendrikus ^b   Steele, Charles R ^c  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BASILAR MEMBRANE; COCHLEA; COCHLEAR NERVE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MECHANICS; NERVE POTENTIAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TONOTOPY; TUNING CURVE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDIOLOGY; COCHLEA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEARING; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MECHANOTRANSDUCTION, CELLULAR; MODELS, ANATOMIC; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOTION; TIME FACTORS; VIBRATION;

EID: 84867096831     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: 18785891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2012.04.017     Document Type: Review

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