摘要The wonderful performance of hearing systems is mainly attributed to the tuning filtering of basilar membrane (BM). Although theory of the cochlear mechanism has been greatly developed since the 1970s and the amplification or sensitivity of the cochlea has been concluded due to the out hair cells, the mechanics underlying the sharp-tuning or frequency selectivity of cochlea remains a puzzle. We use the cochlear translation function derived from the data of an experiment of the BM in vivo to calculate basilar responses to tone bursts, and find that there are resonant peaks with the characteristic frequency at the corresponding place in the initial and terminal part of the responses. However, when the translation function is shallower, there will be no resonant peaks in the responses. The result indicates that the sharp tuning is due to existence of the active resonant tuning mechanism.
Abstract：The wonderful performance of hearing systems is mainly attributed to the tuning filtering of basilar membrane (BM). Although theory of the cochlear mechanism has been greatly developed since the 1970s and the amplification or sensitivity of the cochlea has been concluded due to the out hair cells, the mechanics underlying the sharp-tuning or frequency selectivity of cochlea remains a puzzle. We use the cochlear translation function derived from the data of an experiment of the BM in vivo to calculate basilar responses to tone bursts, and find that there are resonant peaks with the characteristic frequency at the corresponding place in the initial and terminal part of the responses. However, when the translation function is shallower, there will be no resonant peaks in the responses. The result indicates that the sharp tuning is due to existence of the active resonant tuning mechanism.
ZHAO Xiang-Hui;LONG Zhang-Cai. New Evidence of Active Tuning in Cochlea[J]. 中国物理快报, 2007, 24(11): 3183-3186.
ZHAO Xiang-Hui, LONG Zhang-Cai. New Evidence of Active Tuning in Cochlea. Chin. Phys. Lett., 2007, 24(11): 3183-3186.
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