Given a passage with a question and an answer to that question, classify if the answer actually answers the question into 'yes' or 'no'. Output 'yes' if the answer answers the question and output 'no' if the answer does not answer the question.

Question: Do several mechanical manipulations of the wall of the inner ear affect air and bone conduction auditory thresholds?
Answer: It is likely that an alternative mode of cochlear excitation is possible.
no