TABLE 2.

Calculated relative energy dissipation in a finite element model of organ of Corti micromechanics

	Shear modulus
Frequency	Uniformly soft	Radially variant	Uniformly hard
11 kHz	3046	961	686
10 kHz	1265	608	505
1 kHz	4	4	4
500 Hz	1	1	1

Energy dissipation in the TM, calculated using a FEM of the OC. Values are normalized by the energy dissipation calculated at the apex at 500 Hz. Uniformly soft and uniformly hard refer to minimal and maximal values of TM shear moduli, respectively, measured in the corresponding longitudinal region of the tissue. Radially variant calculations were made using the actual values of elasticity measured in each longitudinal region of the TM.