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Three new techniques to measure sub-microscopic mechanical vibrations have been applied to the cochlea in recent years. They are the Mössbauer technique(1) (Johnstone and Boyle, 1967; Rhode, 1971), the capacitive probe (Wilson and Johnstone, 1972) and the technique of fuzziness-detection under laser illumination (Kohllöffel, 1972a). These techniques, much more sensitive than the optical method used by von Békésy (1960), have made it possible to measure the oscillations of the basilar membrane in live animals at physiological levels of stimulation.
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Robles, L., Rhode, W.S. (1974). Nonlinear Effects in the Transient Response of the Basilar Membrane. In: Zwicker, E., Terhardt, E. (eds) Facts and Models in Hearing. Communication and Cybernetics, vol 8. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65902-7_39
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