Most sounds of interest consist of complex, time-dependent admixtures of tones of diverse
frequencies and variable amplitudes. To detect and process these signals, the ear employs …

Georg Békésy laid the foundation for cochlear mechanics, foremost by demonstrating the
traveling wave that is the substrate for mammalian cochlear mechanical processing. He …

The operation of the mammalian cochlea relies on a mechanical traveling wave that is
actively boosted by electromechanical forces in sensory outer hair cells (OHCs). This active …

Cochlear implants (CIs) electrically stimulate spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs) and partially
restore hearing to half a million CI users. However, wide current spread from intracochlear …

Outer hair cells (OHCs) in the mammalian ear exhibit electromotility, electrically driven
somatic length changes that are thought to mechanically amplify sound-evoked vibrations …

Electrical cochlear implants (eCIs) partially restore hearing and enable speech
comprehension to more than half a million users, thereby re‐connecting deaf patients to the …

Since the discovery of otoacoustic emissions and outer hair cell (OHC) motility, the
fundamental question of whether the cochlea produces mechanical power remains …

Background In humans, it is well known that females have better hearing than males. The
mechanism of this influence of sex on auditory function in humans is not well understood …

Mammals detect sound through mechanosensitive cells of the cochlear organ of Corti that
rest on the basilar membrane (BM). Motions of the BM and organ of Corti have been studied …

Traveling waves in the inner ear exhibit an amplitude peak that shifts with frequency. The
peaking is commonly believed to rely on motile processes that amplify the wave by inserting …