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A three-chamber model of the cochlea

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We construct a three-chamber hydrodynamic model of the cochlea, based on the two-chamber model with Reissner's membrane added. The anisotropic stiffness values of both membranes are obtained from Bekesy's hair probe experiments. The membrane response in the two- and three-chamber models is examined as a function of some of the cochlea parameters.

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Translated from Zapiski Nauchnykh Seminarov Leningradskogo Otdeleniya Matematicheskogo Instituta im. V. A. Steklova AN SSSR, Vol. 148, pp. 133–143, 1985.

I would like to acknowledge the help of Prof. V. M. Babich in the course of this research.

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Novoselova, S.M. A three-chamber model of the cochlea. J Math Sci 38, 1655–1663 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01100147

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