Cochlear Outer-Hair-Cell Power Generation and Viscous Fluid Loss
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Cochlear Outer-Hair-Cell Power Generation and Viscous Fluid Loss
Since the discovery of otoacoustic emissions and outer hair cell (OHC) motility, the fundamental question of whether the cochlea produces mechanical power remains controversial. In the present work, direct calculations are performed on power loss due to fluid viscosity and power generated by the OHCs. A three-dimensional box model of the mouse cochlea is used with a feed-forward/feed-backward a...
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عنوان ژورنال: Scientific Reports
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2045-2322
DOI: 10.1038/srep19475