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The middle ear plays a vital role in the sense and sensitivity of hearing. Of the various characteristics that distinguish mammals from other vertebrates, several pertain to the middle-ear system such as the presence of three middle-ear bones and the four-layer composite structure of the tympanic membrane. These adaptations co-evolved with the sense organ, specifically the motility of the outer hair cells in the organ of Corti within the cochlea, to endow mammals with a unique capacity for high-frequency hearing. Reptiles, amphibians, and most fish do not hear above 5 kHz, while the upper limit of hearing in birds is 8-12 kHz. Mammals, in contrast, have upper limits of hearing ranging from 10 kHz (elephants) to 90 kHz (wild mouse) and even higher for echolocating animals. It is well established that high-frequency hearing evolved in mammals as a means to localize sound. While a significant number of publications elucidate the role of the cochlea on hearing, a parallel effort to underst

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Book category Books in English Mathematics & science Biology, life sciences Life sciences: general issues

• Full title: Middle Ear
• Subtitle: Science, Otosurgery, and Technology
• Author: Sunil Puria, Richard R. Fay, Arthur N. Popper
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardback
• Number of pages: 308
• EAN: 9781461465904
• ISBN: 1461465907
• ID: 01428590
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• Weight: 612 g
• Dimensions: 242 × 162 × 23 mm
• Date of publishing: 20. March 2013

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