FIG. 5.

BM velocity, magnitude and phase along the cochlea calculated in a linear model of the gerbil cochlea with varying dimensionality (1, 2 and 3D), in response to tones of different frequencies (indicated in the top-panel). Top: active model of the sensitive gerbil cochlea. Bottom: passive model of a dead cochlea. In this figure, the 3D solutions are calculated using the cylindrical model. Curves are normalized (scaled by a constant factor) so that the peak in vivo BM velocity for the lowest frequency is 0 dB.