Subject: AW: the seven wonders of hearing From: "reinifrosch@xxxxxxxx" <reinifrosch@xxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 09:22:10 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>Dick, I seem to remember that A. R. Cody's 1992 paper "Acoustic lesions ..." (Hear Res 62: 166-172), demonstrating that the active-OHC region was only 0.5 mm long (basal slope of active peak; guinea pigs) created considerable astonishment. Reinhart. Reinhart Frosch, Dr. phil. nat., r. PSI and ETH Zurich, Sommerhaldenstr. 5B, CH-5200 Brugg. Phone: 0041 56 441 77 72. Mobile: 0041 79 754 30 32. E-mail: reinifrosch@xxxxxxxx . ----Ursprüngliche Nachricht---- Von: DickLyon@xxxxxxxx Datum: 21.10.2007 19:11 An: <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx> Betreff: Re: AW: the seven wonders of hearing [...] All such models that I'm aware of show a significant active effect only within about a half-octave range, consistent with experimental data. No specific restriction is needed to get this behavior. Dick