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NATURE NEUROSCIENCE
Volume 7, Issue 4, Pages 333-334Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/nn1216
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- NIDCD NIH HHS [R21 DC006695-01, R01 DC004554-02, R01 DC004554, R21 DC006695] Funding Source: Medline
- NIDDK NIH HHS [DK55819, DK62179] Funding Source: Medline
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It is commonly believed that the cochlea emits sounds through backward-traveling waves. In the present experiment using a scanning-laser interferometer, I detected forward-traveling but not backward-traveling waves and found that the stapes vibrates earlier than the basilar membrane. These results contradict the current theory and show that the ear emits sounds through the cochlear fluids as compression waves rather than along the basilar membrane as backward-traveling waves.
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