title: The generation of combination tones.
abstract: Combination tones can be explained in terms of linear travelling wave mechanics. The Pfeiffer model of the cochlea as two filters separated by a nonlinearity is assumed. The first filter is the travelling wave and the other two elements are located in the hair cell. This is sufficient to explain most of the neurophysiological and psychophysical properties of combination tones.
mesh_terms: D003051:Cochlea / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D011571:Psychoacoustics