Abstract: Journal of Clinical Case Studies and Family Medicine

Abstract:
The paper analyzes the mechanism of amplification of quiet sounds by contraction of the outer hair cell – de scribed in Bekesy's traveling wave theory. Attention was drawn to the lack of amplification adjustment. Failure to take into account the variable energy demand depending on the frequency of the amplified sound. The energy required to amplify higher frequencies increases proportionally to the square of the increase in frequency. The electrochemical energy of chlorine and anions in the hair cell membrane does not meet this condition. Prestin, without drawing external energy, cannot produce new energy to generate vibrations of the basilar membrane together with the organ of Corti and the cochlear fluids. Perpetual motion does not exist in Nature. It exists in Bekesy's traveling wave theory.