The Cochlea and Sound Transduction - 2
The Cochlea and Sound Transduction - 2
- Auditory Transduction
- Transduction is the conversion of energy from one form to another, e.g., sound pressure to neural impulses
- The Traveling wave.
- Wave set up by action of stapes on oval window
- Point of Maximal Displacement depends upon the frequency of the tone.
- High Frequencies near the base.
- Low frequencies near the apex.
- The shearing force
- The traveling wave bends the basilar membrane
- This bends the hair cells.