ORTHOTROPIC PIEZOELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF THE COCHLEAR OUTER HAIR CELL-WALL

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TOLOMEO, JA
STEELE, CR
机构
[1] Division of Applied Mechanics, Stanford University, Stanford
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10.1121/1.411865
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O42 [声学];
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070206 ; 082403 ;
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The mammalian outer hair cell has been shown to possess significant coupling between mechanical and electrical properties. This electromotile property may play a key role in cochlear tuning. In order to characterize quantitatively the electrical and mechanical behavior, the cell wall is modeled as a thin linear elastic piezoelectric material. Experimental findings from several investigators are used to determine the mechanical and electrical generalized stiffness coefficients described by the model. The model analysis indicates that orthotropic mechanical properties in the plane of the cell wall are required to match experimental behavior. The calculated orthotropic coefficients predict that the outer hair cell deforms due to cilia deflection with a force gain of 0.5 for perfectly constrained end conditions and a displacement gain of 3.6 for free end conditions. These values reflect the potential role of the OHC as a feedback mechanism to the basilar membrane. Results are for small deformation and quasi-static conditions with viscosity and inertial effects neglected. It is further assumed that cell permeability is negligible at the time scale of the fast deformation considered here. © 1995, Acoustical Society of America. All rights reserved.
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