Von Békésy and cochlear mechanics.
Georg Békésy laid the foundation for cochlear mechanics, foremost by demonstrating the traveling wave that is the substrate for mammalian cochlear mechanical processing. He made mechanical measurements and physical models in order to understand that fundamental cochlear response. In this tribute to Békésy we make a bridge between modern traveling wave observations and those of Békésy, discuss the mechanical properties and measurements that he considered to be so important, and touch on the range of computational traveling wave models.
OTO/HNS and Biomedical Engineering, Columbia University, NY, USA. eao2004@columbia.edu
Elizabeth S
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Olson
Hendrikus
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Duifhuis
Charles R
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Steele
D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000818:Animals; D001298:Audiology / Q000266:history; D003051:Cochlea / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000502:physiology*; D003198:Computer Simulation; D006309:Hearing; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D040542:Mechanotransduction, Cellular; D008953:Models, Anatomic; D008954:Models, Biological; D009038:Motion; D013997:Time Factors; D014732:Vibration