title: Classical and non-classical models of the cochlea.
abstract: In a "classical" model of the cochlea the response is controlled by a local parameter function, for instance, the BM impedance. In a non-classical model, the response is controlled by parameters that are distributed over space. In this note it is shown to which extent classical and non-classical models are equivalent. To each non-classical model there exists one classical model that yields the same response. However, the BM impedance of that classical model does not necessarily obey the requirements of a driving-point impedance.
authors.affiliation: Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. e.deboer@amc.uva.nl
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: de Boer
mesh_terms: D003051:Cochlea / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008953:Models, Anatomic