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Physiology of Mammalian Cochlear Hair Cells

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The Cochlea

Part of the book series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research ((SHAR,volume 8))

Abstract

The scope of this chapter is to review what is currently known about the workings of the two types of auditory hair cells in the mammalian cochlea, the inner hair cells (IHCs) and outer hair cells (OHCs). Mammalian hair cells have for a long time been impenetrable to the electrophysiologist’s microelectrodes, necessitating the extrapolation of results from more easily accessible and less vulnerable hair cells of nonmammalian vertebrate preparations to explain mammalian cochlear physiology. To assess the validity of this approach, we need to consider first whether there are common elements shared by all vertebrate hair cells.

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    Peter Dallos

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    Arthur N. Popper

  3. Department of Psychology and Parmly Hearing Institute, Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60626, USA

    Richard R. Fay

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Kros, C.J. (1996). Physiology of Mammalian Cochlear Hair Cells. In: Dallos, P., Popper, A.N., Fay, R.R. (eds) The Cochlea. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, vol 8. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0757-3_6

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