MIT researchers discover a new hearing mechanism

An article on the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) news website published on October 10, 2007 reported that MIT researchers have discovered a mechanism inside the inner ear that functions in a different way. For over 50 years, it has been known that sound waves inside the cochlea travel in an up-and-down manner. But the research team noted in the article has found that sound energy can also be carried by a traveling wave that moves from side-to-side. Read the article to learn more about the potential impacts of this discovery.

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Credit: Ghaffari, Aranyosi, and Freeman, MIT