The Size and Shape of Intracochlear Pressure
Thursday, May 15, 2008 3:30 p.m. in ACES 6.304 Professor Elizabeth S. Olson Department of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery Columbia University http://www.entcolumbia.org Upon sound stimulation, the eardrum and ossicles are set in vibration. The stapes vibration pressurizes the cochlear fluids. Due to the cochlea’s geometry and its approximately symmetric division…