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Deparment of Otolaryngology Clinic in Mielec, Poland

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• Short Commentary   
  Errors in The Assumptions of Bekesy's Traveling Wave Theory
  Author(s): Jan Myjkowski*
  
  Hearing theory should serve in learning and understanding the important factors contributing to the reception, processing and transmis- sion of auditory information. Assumptions for theory that is developed should be consistent with the laws of Nature, up to date body of knowledge and logic. Analyzing in detail Bekesy's obsolete theory of hearing, it can be concluded that these rules were not followed [1]. The reception and transmission of auditory information, as described by the traveling wave theory in humans, must be consistent with hearing mechanisms in other mammals and birds. Billions of creatures on Earth do not have the basilar membrane and cochlear fluids and yet they perfectly receive auditory information at frequencies up to 300 kHz. This indicates that there is a different mechanism for the receptor to receive sound signal. It is possible to transmit the mechanical en.. Read More»
  

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