It is well known that auditory signals are effectively transferred to the inner ear as the acoustic energy through the outer ear canal, the ear drum, and the ossicles in the middle ear. It has been made clear using Moessbauer method or using laser radiation that sharp tuning of frequencies is made by active control system on the basilar membrane in the inner ear. Also each cochlear nerve fiber has its characteristic frequency to which it selectively responds. This makes it possible to transfer the selected clues of the frequency to the auditory cortex.
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Namba, S., Kuwano, S. (2008). Methods for Psychoacoustics in Relation to Long-Term Sounds. In: Havelock, D., Kuwano, S., Vorländer, M. (eds) Handbook of Signal Processing in Acoustics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-30441-0_15
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