Acoustic Neurology Summary.

Abstract

The sequence of events in the reception of sound is as follows: Airborne sound passes unmodified (to a first approximation) through the outer ear and induces motion in the tympanic membrane. The tympanic membrane imparts its motion through the three bones of the middle ear (low pass filter) to the oval window of the inner ear, or cochlea. In the cochlea, the frequency contents of the input signal is transformed into a spatial distribution of coded nerve impulses which are sent to the central nervous system. The article discusses in some detail the process and how it relates to other studies in this area. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0762378

Entities

People

  • Victor W. Bolie

Organizations

  • University of New Mexico

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Central Nervous System
  • Ear
  • Low Pass Filters
  • Membranes
  • Nerve Impulses
  • Nerves
  • Nervous System
  • Spatial Distribution

Readers

  • Auditory Neuroscience/Auditory Physiology.
  • Radio communications and signal processing.