Avtor/Urednik		Dolenc, Sašo
Naslov		Kako deluje sluh?
Prevedeni naslov		How hearing functions
Tip		članek
Vir		Proteus
Vol. in št.		Letnik 62, št. 5
Leto izdaje		2000
Obseg		str. 200-7
Jezik		slo
Abstrakt		Understanding of the hearing mechanism has progressed through three main epochs. The first was dominated by von Helmholtz's view that the basilar membrane acts as a spectral analyser by mechanically sustaining externally driven standing waves. The second was dominated by von Bekesy's experimental results showing that incoming sound produces a spatially confined hydro-mechanical travelling wave with the loca- tion of maximum amplitude defined by the frequency of the incoming signal. The pre- sent epoch began in the 1970s with a wide array of experiments and theoretical studies demonstrating thal von Bekesy's travelling waves are locally amplified by an electro- mechanical process in which the outer hair eelis, because of their motility, function as both sensors and mechanical feedback elements.
Deskriptorji		EAR HEARING HEARING DISORDERS COCHLEA ORGAN OF CORTI EAR OSSICLES