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Linear and Non-Linear Effects in a Physical Model of the Cochlea

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Peripheral Auditory Mechanisms

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The response of a physical three chamber model of the cochlea is described in the present paper. The model is rectilinear, geometrically scaled 50:1 and supplied with train-gauge transducers to measure axial and cross components of oscillating fluid near the Corti organ. A continuous motion of fluid in the scala media was observed and a complete picture of the stream line distribution was obtained using fluorescent pow ders and black light. Some peculiar aspects of this continuous flow can be closely correlated with basilar membrane (B.M.) response.

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  1. Dipartimento Ingegneria Aeronautica e Spaziale, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Torino, Italia

    Salvo D’Angelo & Marcello Masili

  2. Centro di Studio per la Dinamica dei Fluidi, C.N.R., Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Torino, Italia

    Riccardo Malvano

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  1. Salvo D’Angelo
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  2. Marcello Masili
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. AT & Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, 07974, USA

    J. B. Allen  & J. L. Hall  & 

  2. Department of Otolaryngology and Departments of Systems Computer and Electrical Engineering, Boston University, 110 Cummington Street, Boston, MA, 02215, USA

    A. E. Hubbard

  3. Boys Town National Institute, 555 North 30th Street, Omaha, Nebraska, 68131, USA

    S. T. Neely

  4. Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA

    A. Tubis

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D’Angelo, S., Masili, M., Malvano, R. (1986). Linear and Non-Linear Effects in a Physical Model of the Cochlea. In: Allen, J.B., Hall, J.L., Hubbard, A.E., Neely, S.T., Tubis, A. (eds) Peripheral Auditory Mechanisms. Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, vol 64. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-50038-1_35

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