title: Probing the cochlear amplifier by immobilizing molecular motors of sensory hair cells.
abstract: The location and longitudinal extent of cochlear biomechanical amplification has been an open question. In this issue of Neuron, Fisher et al. (2012) demonstrate that sound-induced vibration is amplified over a short region-about one wavelength-prior to the response peak.
authors.affiliation: Oregon Hearing Research Center, Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR 97239, USA. rent@ohsu.edu
authors.forename: Tianying
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Peter G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Gillespie