Yale physicists uncover a new set of hearing modes in the human ear, revealing complex cochlear mechanics that enhance sound ...

Yale physicists have discovered a sophisticated, previously unknown set of "modes" within the human ear that put important ...

Although recent cochlear micromechanical measurements in living animals have shown that outer hair cells drive broadband vibration of the reticular lamina, the role of this vibration in cochlear fluid ...

Recent research has focused on understanding the mechanics of the cochlea, particularly the role of the basilar membrane (BM) and outer hair cells (OHCs) in sound processing. These studies have ...

Yale researchers discovered new cochlear hearing modes that influence how the ear amplifies sound and processes frequencies.

Physicists have discovered a sophisticated, previously unknown set of 'modes' within the human ear that put important constraints on how the ear amplifies faint sounds, tolerates noisy blasts, and ...

The manuscript provides convincing evidence for OHC-based fluid flow within the cochlea. We hypothesized that active outer hair cells drive cochlear fluid circulation. The hypothesis was tested by ...

Yale physicists have discovered a sophisticated, previously unknown set of “modes” within the human ear that put important constraints on how the ear amplifies faint sounds, tolerates noisy blasts, ...

The presence of two types of hair cells, the inner and outer hair cells, in the organ of Corti was appreciated nearly a 100 years ago but the function of the two has only become clear in the last 20 ...

The inner hair cells are arranged in a single row and remain free to respond to movement of endolymph in the cochlear duct. The outer hair cells are arranged in 3 rows in the basal coil of the ...

Sensorineural hearing loss is the more common type. It occurs when your auditory nerve or the hair cells inside your inner ear’s cochlea become damaged. Sensorineural hearing loss is usually ...