Abstract
The sounds produced in the air above the water is reflected away from the surface of water due to the different acoustic properties of air and water (Figs. 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4, and 1.1.5); 99.9% of the energy is lost and only 0.1% enters the water (Fig. 1.1.6). The same is also valid for the inner ear. The sound waves enter the inner ear, a fluid media, from the air. To compensate this, an apparatus was necessary to transform air-borne sound vibrations of large amplitude but small force to a fluid-borne sound vibrations of small amplitude but large force.
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Önerci, T.M., Önerci Altunay, Z. (2021). Ear. In: Diagnosis in Otorhinolaryngology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64038-5_1
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