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Is Resonance Possible in the Cochlea After All?

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A truly resonant oscillation, the position of which shifts with frequency, may after all be possible at least in a simplified representation of the cochlea.

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HUXLEY, A. Is Resonance Possible in the Cochlea After All?. Nature 221, 935–940 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221935a0

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