ReviewJournal of anatomy2016
Structure and function of the mammalian middle ear. II: Inferring function from structure.
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- Ontogeny of the malleus in Mesocricetus auratus (Mammalia, Rodentia): Systematic and functional implications for the muroid middle ear.Anatomical record (Hoboken, N.J. : 2007) · 2026Article
- Defects in tissue-resident macrophages lead to smaller eardrums and abnormal neurovascular networks with increased middle-ear infection.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Effect of Middle Ear Prosthesis Diameter in Platinotomy and Partial Platinectomy on Hearing Gain: A Finite Element Study.Materials (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- When the lung invades: a review of avian postcranial skeletal pneumaticity.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025Review
- Anatomical and morphometrical approaches on the auditory ossicles in European ground squirrel (Frontiers in veterinary science · 2025Article
- Evaluating Wideband Tympanometry Absorbance Changes in Cochlear Implant Recipients: Mechanical Insights and Influencing Parameters.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Structure and scaling of the middle ear in domestic dog breeds.Journal of anatomy · 2024Article
- Auditory thresholds compatible with optimal speech reception likely evolved before the human-chimpanzee split.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Anatomical, Histological, and Morphometrical Investigations of the Auditory Ossicles inBiology · 2023Article
- Morphological and Morphometrical Aspects of the Auditory Ossicles in the European Badger (Meles Meles).Veterinary sciences · 2022Article
- Changes in Acoustic Absorbance Pre- and Post-Cochlear Implantation.American journal of audiology · 2022Article
- Ecological correlates of the morphology of the auditory bulla in rodents: Application to the fossil record.Journal of anatomy · 2022Article
- Aquatic birds have middle ears adapted to amphibious lifestyles.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- The naked truth: a comprehensive clarification and classification of current 'myths' in naked mole-rat biology.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2022Review
- Ear morphology in two root-rat species (genus Tachyoryctes) differing in the degree of fossoriality.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2021Article
- In-air hearing in Hawaiian monk seals: implications for understanding the auditory biology of Monachinae seals.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2021Article
- Forward and Reverse Middle Ear Transmission in Gerbil with a Normal or Spontaneously Healed Tympanic Membrane.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2021Article
- Uncovering the secreted signals and transcription factors regulating the development of mammalian middle ear ossicles.Developmental dynamics : an official publication of the American Association of Anatomists · 2020Review
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Abstract
Anatomists and zoologists who study middle ear morphology are often interested to know what the structure of an ear can reveal about the auditory acuity and hearing range of the animal in question. This paper represents an introduction to middle ear function targetted towards biological scientists with little experience in the field of auditory acoustics. Simple models of impedance matching are first described, based on the familiar concepts of the area and lever ratios of the middle ear. However, using the Mongolian gerbil Meriones unguiculatus as a test case, it is shown that the predictions made by such 'ideal transformer' models are generally not consistent with measurements derived from recent experimental studies. Electrical analogue models represent a better way to understand some of the complex, frequency-dependent responses of the middle ear: these have been used to model the effects of middle ear subcavities, and the possible function of the auditory ossicles as a transmission line. The concepts behind such models are explained here, again aimed at those with little background knowledge. Functional inferences based on middle ear anatomy are more likely to be valid at low frequencies. Acoustic impedance at low frequencies is dominated by compliance; expanded middle ear cavities, found in small desert mammals including gerbils, jerboas and the sengi Macroscelides, are expected to improve low-frequency sound transmission, as long as the ossicular system is not too stiff.
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