The Effect of Change in Basilar Membrane Stiffness on the Micromechanics Cochlear Model
摘要
In this present work, the micromechanical cochlea model has developed in order to describe mathematically the displacement of cochlear partition using finite difference method and Cramer’s rule, Then, we have studied the effect of basilar membrane (BM) stiffness on the displacements of the BM and tectorial membrane (TM). Results showed that the augmentation of the BM stiffness reduce the maximum amplitude displacement of the BM and TM. These findings contribute to understand that the loss of hearing at low frequencies may be the result of altered cochlear micromechanics.