Stereocilin-deficient mice reveal the origin of cochlear waveform distortions
Stereocilin-deficient mice reveal the origin of cochlear waveform distortions
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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The key to sound distortion
The mammalian ear, or rather its auditory organ the cochlea, is a remarkably sensitive and finely tuned acousto-electrical transducer. It also markedly distorts sounds, and counter-intuitively it is this latter characteristic that gives rise to the masking effect that improves speech intelligibility in the human ear....
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Stereocilin-deficient mice reveal the origin of cochlear waveform distortions
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3338146
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_3338146
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0028-0836
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1476-4687,1476-4679
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10.1038/nature07380
