Perhaps the most striking evidence for active processes operating within the inner ears of
mammals and non-mammals alike is their ability to spontaneously produce sound. Predicted …

Detection of low-level sounds by the mammalian cochlea requires electromechanical
feedback from outer hair cells (OHCs). This feedback arises due to the electromotile …

Recent in vivo recordings from the mammalian cochlea indicate that although the motion of
the basilar membrane appears actively amplified and nonlinear only at frequencies …

Flexoelectric liquid crystalline membranes immersed in asymmetric viscoelastic media is a
material system model with physiological applications such as outer hair cells (OHCs) …

Click-evoked otoacoustic emissions (CEOAEs) are clinically used as an objective way to
infer whether cochlear functions are normal. However, because the sound pressure level of …

The basilar membrane in the cochlea can be modeled as an array of fluid coupled segments
driven by stapes vibration and by the undamping nonlinear force simulating cochlear …

In response to an external stimulus, the cochlea emits sounds, called stimulus frequency
otoacoustic emissions (SFOAEs), at the stimulus frequency. In this article, a three …

The function of the cochlea is to convert the sound waves that reach our ears into neural
signals that can be interpreted by the brain. Its mechanics can be modelled as two fluid …

Studies of genetic disorders of sensorineural hearing loss have been instrumental in
delineating mechanisms that underlie the remarkable sensitivity and selectivity that are …

As a sound pressure detector that uses energy to boost both its sensitivity and selectivity, the
inner ear is an active non-equilibrium system. The collective processes of the inner ear …