Rapid intensity changes linearize the basilar membrane’s compressive response.

Evidence

The observed decreases in envelope gain and in gain peakedness with increasing beat rate act synergistically to reduce the amount of compression exhibited in the BM response envelopes at high beat rates. This “linearization” is illustrated directly in Fig. 3 by plotting the response envelopes as a function of the instantaneous intensity of the beating stimulus. — Dijk, Pim van, Physiology, Psychoacoustics and…, 3628

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to questions of how the ear preserves fast temporal envelope cues (consonants, transients) despite compression.