@inproceedings{f4e5776747df410fa2c2883f5741fb78,
title = "Traveling waves... On the tectorial membrane",
abstract = "We show that isolated sections of the TM suspended in artificial endolymph support traveling waves of radial motion that propagate longitudinally. The velocities of the TM traveling waves are remarkably similar to those of basilar membrane (BM) near the best place. A simple model shows that these waves are intrinsic to the viscoelastic structure of the TM. Analysis of models of cochlear loads suggests that TM traveling waves are little affected by the stiffness of hair bundles and the limbal attachment or by viscous damping in the subtectorial space. TM waves are inconsistent with a fundamental assumption in “classical” cochlear macromechanical models: that adjacent longitudinal sections of the cochlea are coupled through the fluid alone. Also, cochlear micromechanics, which are conventionally envisioned as local processes that depend on just neighboring structures, must be rethought as a global process extending over significant longitudinal distances.",
author = "Roozbeh Ghaffari and Aranyosi, {A. J.} and Freeman, {Dennis M.}",
note = "Funding Information: This research was supported by grant R01-DC00238 from the National Institutes of Health. R. Ghaffari was supported by a training grant from the National Institutes of Health to the Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology Program in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology. The main results of this work have been published before in [8]. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2008 World Scientific Publishing Co. All rights reserved.; 10th International Workshop on the Mechanics of Hearing - Concepts and Challenges in the Biophysics of Hearing, MoH 2008 ; Conference date: 27-07-2008 Through 31-07-2008",
year = "2008",
doi = "10.1142/9789812833785_0039",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Concepts and Challenges in the Biophysics of Hearing - Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on the Mechanics of Hearing, MoH 2008",
publisher = "World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte Ltd",
pages = "247--254",
editor = "Cooper, {Nigel P.} and Kemp, {David T.}",
booktitle = "Concepts and Challenges in the Biophysics of Hearing - Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on the Mechanics of Hearing, MoH 2008",
address = "Singapore",
}