Alternating Current Delivered into the Scala Media Alters Sound Pressure at the Eardrum
- 4 November 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 222 (4623) , 510-512
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.6623090
Abstract
Alternating current delivered into the scala media of the gerbil cochlea modulates the amplitude of a test tone measured near the eardrum. Variations in the electromechanical effect with acoustic stimulus parameters and observed physiological vulnerability suggest that cochlear hair cells are the biophysical origin of the process. Cochlear hair cells have traditionally been thought of as passive receptor cells, but they may play an active role in cochlear micromechanics.This publication has 14 references indexed in Scilit:
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