Subject: Re: mechanical cochlear model From: "reinifrosch@xxxxxxxx" <reinifrosch@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:01:30 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>Many thanks, Dick, for your thoughtful posting. Maybe one should be slightly less friendly. I fear that some contributions to this list have caused quite many knowledgeable colleagues to stop posting or even reading. Today I have received an off-line message from such a colleague: "Reinhart- Good reply. *** and *** and a few others really pick out a few points and ignore the overwhelming evidence for the traveling wave. They are so convinced that I suspect that they will not be persuaded by your discussion either. They are similar to the politically conservative people here in this country." I answered to him: "Many thanks, dear *** ! Yes -- if someone has had and published an opinion for many years or even decades, it is hard for him or her to acknowledge defeat. [...]" Personnally, I plan to not yet give up. Nevertheless, I hope that I am not one of the stubborn persons just described. Reinhart. ----Ursprüngliche Nachricht---- Von: DickLyon@xxxxxxxx Datum: 10.03.2010 19:14 An: <AUDITORY@xxxxxxxx> Betreff: Re: mechanical cochlear model At 8:59 PM -0500 3/9/10, David Mountain wrote: >...  When this energy reaches the beginning of >the peak region, [...] David, I like your definition and description, with one caveat: [...] Dick.