5.1 Human Hearing on the Molecular Scale

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Figure 5.1: The structure of the human auditory system and how hearing works on the molecular scale

(adapted from [1]).

of separating each wavelength and then amplifying them makes our hearing a lot more

sensitive.

How can a lipid bilayer membrane perform such functions as separating out wave-

lengths and amplifying them? This process is not fully understood but it is based on the