(a) An oblique view of a small section of the cochlear partition in the 3D FE modeling technique [86] (reprinted with permission from Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 99, Kolston and Ashmore, Finite Element Micromechanical Modeling of the Cochlea in Three Dimensions, 455–467, Copyright (1996), Acoustic Society of America). (b) FE models of the cochlea constructed by Givelberg and Bunn [87]. In this view, several parts of the outer shell are removed in order to expose the cochlear partition consisting of the narrow basilar membrane and the bony shelf. The round window is located directly below the oval window and in this picture it is partially obscured by the cochlear partition (reprinted from Journal of Computational Physics, 191, Givelberg and Bunn, A Comprehensive Three-Dimensional Model of the Cochlea, 377–391, Copyright (2003), with permission from Elsevier).
