Modeling Signal Processing in the Auditory Pathway: From Inner Ear to Brain Stem
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Sound entering our ears undergoes many transformations throughout the auditory pathway until it is perceived in the auditory cortex. The first processing stage is the auditory periphery, where pressure changes are converted to electrical potentials which are conducted by auditory nerve fibers (ANFs) to the central nervous system. ANFs converge onto several types of neurons in the cochlear nucleus (CN), which is located in the brain-stem [1].
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