Human hearing is highly nonlinear and cannot be LTI-modelled beyond peripheral parts

Evidence

An amplitude-modulated sound is described in two parts: the envelope (or modulator), the portion of the stimulus that slowly varies over time, and the fine structure (or carrier), the portion of the stimulus with rapid pressure fluctuations. — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 997 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim
• XREF: connects to: Combination tones arise from the hearing system’s own nonlinearity — Professor Dr.-Ing. Hugo Fastl, Professor Dr.-Ing. Eberhard, Psychoacoustics- Facts and Models, 430; Cubic difference tones in hearing defy regular nonlinear transfer models; Convolution mathematically links LTI system inputs to outputs. (+4 more)

Related

• Cubic difference tones in hearing defy regular nonlinear transfer models (similarity 0.88)
• Human hearing resists linear time-invariant modeling except at the periphery (similarity 0.86)
• Amplitude-modulated sounds split into slow-varying envelope and fast-varying fine structure (similarity 0.86)
• The ear’s time-frequency resolution cannot be modeled by fixed-length frames (similarity 0.83)
• Neuron-by-neuron modelling of audition is computationally infeasible now (similarity 0.82)
• Combination tones arise from the hearing system’s own nonlinearity (similarity 0.81)
• Nonlinear cochlear mechanics make listeners perceive nonexistent difference tones (similarity 0.81)
• Two kinds of sound change activate different processing features in hearing (similarity 0.81)
• Difference noise generated by ear nonlinearities can be heard before the test tone itself (similarity 0.80)
• Normal hearing yields a temporal resolution factor near unity (similarity 0.80)
• Hearing’s own nonlinearity produces audible difference tones even in distortion-free equipment (similarity 0.80)
• Humans perceive extended sound sources poorly when their parts emit identical tones (similarity 0.80)
• What the ear perceives can diverge from sound’s physical components. (similarity 0.80)
• The TMTF yields three distinct measures of temporal resolution (similarity 0.80)
• The ear becomes less nonlinear as sound levels rise (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Nonlinear cochlear mechanics make listeners perceive nonexistent difference tones #exemplifies (0.85)
• The ear’s time-frequency resolution cannot be modeled by fixed-length frames #expands (0.82)
• Amplitude-modulated sounds split into slow-varying envelope and fast-varying fine structure #expands (0.70) — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 997