Re: HC selectivity ... was Re: Physiological models of cochlea activity - alternatives to the travelling wave

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Subject: Re: HC selectivity ... was Re: Physiological models of cochlea activity - alternatives to the travelling wave
From: "Richard F. Lyon" <DickLyon@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2007 10:53:20 -0700
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At 6:11 PM +1000 10/4/07, Andrew Bell wrote:

So the TW need not
be the only theoretically possible amplifying mechanism.

Sure, but I haven't seen any other proposals nearly as credible as distributed travelling wave amplificiation.

Dick

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- Re: HC selectivity ... was Re: Physiological models of cochlea activity - alternatives to the travelling wave
  - From: Andrew Bell