A new theory of hearing Submolecular theory of hearing

The problems of Bekesy's traveling wave theory are discussed in relation to the natural frequencies of the basilar membrane, the resonance of the longitudinal wave in cochlear fluids with the transverse wave of the basilar membrane. Flows have been questionedcochlear fluids and mechanical amplification of tones quiet ones. A new signal path to the receptor and the mechanisms of receiving information by the receptor through molecular changes are described. The intracellular mechanism of sound signal amplification was elucidated.