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ArticleBiophysical journal2017

Geometric Requirements for Tectorial Membrane Traveling Waves in the Presence of Cochlear Loads.

Jonathan B Sellon, Roozbeh Ghaffari, Dennis M Freeman

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Deiters Cells Act as Mechanical Equalizers for Outer Hair Cells.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2022
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  3. The Tectorial Membrane: Mechanical Properties and Functions.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · 2019
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3 authors.

Jonathan B SellonHarvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Electronic address: sellon@mit.edu.
Roozbeh GhaffariResearch Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Dennis M FreemanHarvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Funding

EXPERIMENTAL/THEORETICAL STUDIES OF COCHLEAR MECHANISMSR01DC000238 · NIDCD · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI Dennis M Freeman · 1989 to 2026
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NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC000238
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Recent studies suggest that wave motions of the tectorial membrane (TM) play a critical role in determining the frequency selectivity of hearing. However, frequency tuning is also thought to be limited by viscous loss in subtectorial fluid. Here, we analyze effects of this loss and other cochlear loads on TM traveling waves. Using a viscoelastic model, we demonstrate that hair bundle stiffness has little effect on TM traveling waves calculated with physiological parameters, that the limbal attachment can cause small (<20%) increases in TM wavelength, and that viscous loss in the subtectorial fluid can cause small (<20%) decreases in TM wave decay constants. However, effects of viscous loss in the subtectorial fluid are significantly increased if TM thickness is decreased. In contrast, increasing TM thickness above its physiological range has little effect on the wave, suggesting that the TM is just thick enough to maximize the spatial extent of the TM traveling wave.

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Mechanical PhenomenaMovementBiomechanical PhenomenaHearingModels, BiologicalTectorial MembraneViscosity

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PMID28237025
PMCPMC5375137

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