The inner ear encodes sound intensity through auditory nerve firing rates.
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The inner ear encodes sound intensity primarily through the firing rates and progressive recruitment of auditory nerve fibers.
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Sound exposure dynamically induces dopamine synthesis in cholinergic LOC efferents for feedback to auditory nerve fibers
2020 · cited by 57
Paper [1] discusses how sound exposure modulates auditory nerve fiber activity and demonstrates that neurotransmitters down-regulate auditory nerve firing rates in response to acoustic stimuli.
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Peristimulus Time Responses Predict Adaptation and Spontaneous Firing of Auditory-Nerve Fibers: From Rodents Data to Humans
2022 · cited by 12
Paper [2] notes that sound-level coding in the auditory nerve is achieved through the progressive recruitment and firing rate modulation of auditory nerve fibers.
The Role of Efferent Reflexes in the Efficient Encoding of Speech by the Auditory Nerve
2022 · cited by 8
Paper [4] examines rate-level functions and how the auditory nerve encodes sound intensity through fiber firing rates and dynamic range adaptation.