James B. Dewey

The paper shows that outer hair cells in the mouse cochlea amplify vibrations broadly across frequencies near the top of the organ of Corti, influencing inner hair cell stimulation.

The paper investigates tonic sound-evoked motility in mice with impaired mechanotransduction, finding that tonic responses occur even without functional amplification.

This study identifies LMO7 as a hair cell protein localized to the cuticular plate, showing that its deficiency leads to structural defects and progressive hearing loss.