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Sound-induced stapes velocity (Vs) was measured intraoperatively in 14 patients undergoing cochlear implantation. All 14 patients had no history of middle-ear pathology, and their ossicular chains appeared normal on intraoperative inspection and palpation. The magnitude of the mean Vs (normalized by simultaneously-measured ear-canal sound pressure) was stiffness-dominated at frequencies below 1kHz, increased up to ∼4kHz, and then decreased at higher frequencies. The phase of the mean velocity was +0.2 periods at 0.3kHz, and gradually became a phase lag at higher frequencies. The mean Vs measured in this study was similar to that of seven ears reported in the only other published study of live human measurements (Huber et al., 2001). We also made measurements of Vs in fresh cadaveric temporal bones using a technique identical to that used in live ears, including similar measurement angles …