title: [The hearing organ: active sound amplifier and highly sensitive measuring system].
abstract: The present paper provides a brief review on topical issues of auditory physiology. Recent data on transduction mechanism and adaptation in hair cells as well as on the possible role of outer hair cells in amplifying basilar membrane motion are presented. Strategies of present physiological research in dealing with sensorineural deafness are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Allgemeine und Vergleichende Physiologie, Universität Wien.
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authors.lastname: Kafka-Lützow
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001309:Auditory Threshold / Q000502:physiology; D001489:Basilar Membrane / Q000502:physiology; D003638:Deafness / Q000503:physiopathology; D004423:Ear / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006199:Hair Cells, Auditory, Inner / Q000502:physiology; D018072:Hair Cells, Auditory, Outer / Q000502:physiology; D006309:Hearing / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008144:Loudness Perception / Q000502:physiology
vernacular_title: Das Hörorgan: Aktiver Schallverstärker und hochempfindliches Messsystem.