The hearing organ in mammals is a spiraling ... cochlea is to the left of the drawing. Eighth nerve fibers pass through a bony shelf on their way to the hair cells (orange). The organ of Corti is made ...

The bulging of the membrane creates a shearing motion for the hair cells of the organ of Corti, generating electrical potentials that stimulate the auditory nerve. The bulging of the basilar membrane ...

Similarly, if we don’t stimulate the auditory pathway ... A cochlear implant can restore hearing in patients by directly ...