The coding of sound in the auditory system

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    Author
    Clark, Graeme M.
    Date
    1968
    Source Title
    Journal of the Otolaryngological Society of Australia
    University of Melbourne Author/s
    Clark, Graeme
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    Journal Article
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    Clark, G. M. (1968). The coding of sound in the auditory system. Journal of the Otolaryngological Society of Australia, 2(3), 19-24.
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    Open Access
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    http://hdl.handle.net/11343/27101
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    This is a publisher’s version of an article published in the Journal of the Otolaryngological Society of Australia 1968. This version is reproduced with permission from the Otolaryngological Society of Australia.
    Abstract
    When listening to speech or music we are aware that the sound is composed of many different frequencies which are constantly changing and also varying in intensity. This constantly modulating sound is encoded into electrical discharges by the cochlea. The coded information then passes as a series of electrical discharges along the auditory pathways and is processed and refined in the auditory centres. Finally all the data decoded, possibly in the auditory cortex to produce the sensation we perceive as musical notes or someone speaking.
    Keywords
    cochlear; auditory system; coding of sound

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