The ear performs three sequential conversions from air waves to neural signals

Evidence

The ear, more specifically the peripheral auditory system, consists of the external ear for capturing sound waves travelling in the air, the middle ear for mechanical conduction of the vibrations, and the inner ear for mechanical-to-neural transduction. Neural signals from the periphery are transmitted through the auditory pathway, where the neural signals are processed by different nuclei up to the auditory cortex where high-level analysis occurs. — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 718

Categorization

Category: Definitional Content

• DEFINE: Concise working definition of the peripheral auditory system’s three-stage architecture: capture, mechanical conduction, neural transduction.

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