The inner ear acts as a linear system offering both frequency and temporal resolution.

Evidence

Figure 3.6 illustrates very clearly the two effects that occur in the inner ear treated as a linear system: frequency resolution on one hand, and the temporal effects, illustrated in delay times, on the other. — Professor Dr.-Ing. Hugo Fastl, Professor Dr.-Ing. Eberhard, Psychoacoustics- Facts and Models, 222

Categorization

• DEFINE: Frames the cochlea’s dual linear-system behavior: spectral place analysis plus temporal delay.