Ossicular Motion (VIDEO)

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Using their newly developed OCT vibrography tool, researchers reconstructed the motion of ossicular bones in the chinchilla exposed to high frequency sound. The new technology allowed them to observe a previously unknown mode of ossicular motion at high frequencies.

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Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital

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