title: Effects of a compressive nonlinearity in a cochlear model.
abstract: A compressive nonlinearity located at the hair cell-nerve fiber complex of a cochlear model is shown to generate realistic single-tone responses, as well as to cause lifelike "synchrony suppression."
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Geisler
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001307:Auditory Perception / Q000502:physiology*; D001489:Basilar Membrane / Q000502:physiology; D003056:Cochlear Nerve / Q000502:physiology*; D006198:Hair Cells, Auditory / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008144:Loudness Perception / Q000502:physiology; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009412:Nerve Fibers / Q000502:physiology; D010898:Pitch Perception / Q000502:physiology; D009435:Synaptic Transmission