Quick IHC question (Thomas Ulrich Christiansen )

Subject: Quick IHC question
From:    Thomas Ulrich Christiansen  <tuc(at)DAT.DTU.DK>
Date:    Mon, 21 May 2001 17:30:37 +0200

Text books say that IHC are "sensitive to shearing in one direction".

My question is: Which direction does this correspond to in terms of pressure
at the tympanic membrane?

A. Positive sound pressure
B. Negative sound pressure
C. This is not known
D. The question is irrelevant


Thanks

-thomas


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