Clinical and Medical Engineering Live
- ISSN: 2997-612X
Jan Myjkowski
The theory of hearing called Bekesy›s traveling wave theory, announced in 1928 by a young engineer from Budapest,
Georg Bekesy (1899-1972), was revised and supplemented many times. In 1961 it was awarded the Nobel Prize. It still
contains several ambiguities that require analysis.
The most important points requiring clarification include:
• Sound wave resonance in the cochlear fluids with the transverse wave of the basilar membrane.
• Own vibrations of the basilar membrane.
• Frequency resolution associated with the basilar membrane.
• Transmission of information through the cochlear fluid.
• Tip-link mechanism.
• Amplification of quiet sounds by OHC contraction 7. The pathway of auditory information conducted to the receptor.