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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 23.
Published in final edited form as: Mater Res Soc Symp Proc. 2009 SPRING;1186E:1186-JJ06-04. doi: 10.1557/PROC-1186-JJ06-04

Figure 4.

Figure 4

Predictions of the most efficient frequency of operation for a given height OHC (top) or stereocilia (bottom) were compared with morphological measurements of neural “best” frequency sensitivities (place-principle, based on 14, 16). Model predictions correspond well with lengths occurring in nature at frequencies above 1kHz. Divergence at lower frequencies suggests other mechanisms may be at play, or that delivering maximum piezo/flexoelectric power is not the limiting step at low frequencies.