What does BM stand for?

Basilar Membrane

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7,8) As the waveform increases in amplitude on the basilar membrane due to an increase in sound intensity, the vibration becomes less localized and moves toward the basal portion of the cochlea.

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Permanent hearing loss can also result from acoustic trauma, or a single exposure with enough peak intensity to cause immediate physical injury to the inner ear, such as separation of the organ of Corti from the basilar membrane.

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It also indicates that electrical energy converts into sound by a direct effect on the basilar membrane that then vibrates maximally at a point determined by the frequency, and these vibrations stimulate the hair cells (referred to as electrophonic hearing).

Personal reflections on the multichannel cochlear implant and a view ...

This theory was later substantiated by von Bekesy's work in the mid-20th century, which showed that the basilar membrane in the cochlea acted roughly like a spectrum analyzer with high frequencies responding best at the basal end and low frequencies responding best at the apical end.

Music perception in cochlear implant users and its relationship with ...

The scientists suggest that the contractile proteins within these unusual cells pull on external fibers that are attached to the long, spiraling inner-ear structure called the basilar membrane.

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Recent studies have determined the relationship between the progression of characteristic frequencies along the basilar membrane [9] and the comparable frequency versus position map of neurons in the spiral ganglion [10-11].

Considerations for design of future cochlear implant electrode ...

[5] It has been proposed that these bubbles disturb the propagation of the traveling wave of the basilar membrane.

Pneumolabyrinth: A late complication of stapes surgery

nonpolymerized actin, alpha-active myosin, fibrin, and tubulin), these cells have the capacity to move the tectorial and basilar membranes to a frequency of 30 kHz.

Otoacoustic emissions in patients with retrocochlear dysfunction: A ...