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Measurements of Basilar Membrane Tuning and Distortion with Laser Doppler Velocimetry

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The Mechanics and Biophysics of Hearing

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Biomathematics ((LNBM,volume 87))

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A method is described for the measurement of basilar membrane (BM) vibration. It makes use of commercially made laser Doppler velocimetry (LDV) instrumentation which is adapted to a compound microscope. This allows visualization reflective objects placed on the EM and the focusing of the laser beam onto the reflective object (a glass microbead). We show examples of frequency tuning curves and displacement input/output intensity functions obtained with the technique and demonstrate that cubic distortion of both the local and propagated kind are present in mechanical responses of the membrane.

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  1. Kresge Hearing Research Institute, University of Michigan Medical School, 1301 E. Ann St., 48109-0506, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

    A. L. Nuttall, D. F. Dolan & G. Avinash

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  1. Auditory Physiology Laboratory and Department of Neurobiology and Physiology, Northwestern University, 60208, Evanston, IL, USA

    Peter Dallos

  2. Department of Neurophysiology and Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 53706, Madison, WI, USA

    C. Daniel Geisler

  3. Computer Systems Laboratory, Washington University, 63110, St. Louis, MO, USA

    John W. Matthews

  4. Department of Otolaryngology, University of Minnesota, 55414, Minneapolis, MN, USA

    Mario A. Ruggero

  5. Division of Applied Mechanics, Stanford University, 94305, Stanford, CA, USA

    Charles R. Steele

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Nuttall, A.L., Dolan, D.F., Avinash, G. (1990). Measurements of Basilar Membrane Tuning and Distortion with Laser Doppler Velocimetry. In: Dallos, P., Geisler, C.D., Matthews, J.W., Ruggero, M.A., Steele, C.R. (eds) The Mechanics and Biophysics of Hearing. Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, vol 87. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4341-8_35

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