Perhaps a strange question...
Perhaps a strange question...
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Has anyone seen any kind of study which looked into the modes of (if such a thing exists) an "average person's" ear drum (timpanic membrane)?
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RE: Perhaps a strange question...
Cheers
Greg Locock
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That is the same assumption I am making. I know resonance happens in the inner ear and cochlea, but I haven't been able to find anything on the eardrum itself. I believe there is no attachment other that the muscular attachment around the perimeter of the drum. So the sound is transmitted to the inner ear thru air. I would think someone has at least modeled it as a thin plate contrained around the entire edge....maybe not...
RE: Perhaps a strange question...
Cheers
Greg Locock
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http://www.silcom.com/~aludwig/Physics/Main/Coupling_power.html
First mode is at 4 kHz, hence the maximum sensitivity at 4 kHz, Q is 2.4, power absorption is about 75% of the incident power (ie good coupling) at 5 kHz.
Art's website is always a good place to start. http://www.silcom.com/~aludwig/index.htm
Cheers
Greg Locock
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