Word: cochleae
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Dates: during 1934-1934
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...mechanism is a simple one. In the ear of the cat is thrust a silver wire with a damp thread on its end. Slipping past the eardrum, the thread drops into the "round window" of the cochlea. This makes one contact. The other is made by a silver plate at the base of the skull. The two wires are hooked to an amplifier and thence to a loud-speaker...