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SUBMITTER: Wang Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4726291 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20160121
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 approximation representing the organ of Corti cytoarchitecture. The model is fit to in vivo basilar memb ...[more]