| Theories about Cochlea Function |
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| Traveling
wave theory: |
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| (Bekesy 1928): |
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| • | Movements
of stapes induce |
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| traveling
waves on the inhomo- |
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| geneous
basilar membrane |
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| • | Site
with maximum amplitude |
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| depends
on frequency |
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| • | Tonotopic
organization |
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| (approx.
with log of f) |
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| Georg
von Bekesy |
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| Nobel price,
1961 |
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