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The presence of two types of hair cells ... of this "cochlear amplifier" when improved measures from living (as opposed to dead) ears revealed that the mechanical frequency selectivity in the living ...

Yale physicists have discovered a sophisticated, previously unknown set of "modes" within the human ear that put important constraints on how the ear amplifies faint sounds, tolerates noisy blasts, ...

Physicists have discovered a sophisticated, previously unknown set of 'modes' within the human ear that put important constraints on how the ear amplifies faint sounds, tolerates noisy blasts, and ...