Cochlear Delays and Traveling Waves: Comments on ‘Experimental Look at Cochlear Mechanics’: [A. Dancer, Audiology 1992;31:301-312]
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Taylor & Francis in International Journal of Audiology
- Vol. 33 (3) , 131-142
- https://doi.org/10.3109/00206099409071874
Abstract
In a recent publication [Audiology 1992;31:301-312], A. Dancer argued that direct and indirect measures of basilar membrane motion are more consistent with theories of cochlear resonance than with the traveling-wave theory. The present communication reviews empirical evidence that contradicts Dancer's argument. Such evidence - recordings of mechanical responses of the basilar and Reissner's membranes to sound -strongly supports the existence of displacement waves that propagate on the basilar membrane from the base of the cochlea toward its apex.Keywords
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