Rate and timing cues associated with the cochlear amplifier: level discrimination based on monaural cross-frequency coincidence detection.

@article{Heinz2001RateAT,
  title={Rate and timing cues associated with the cochlear amplifier: level discrimination based on monaural cross-frequency coincidence detection.},
  author={Michael G. Heinz and H. Steven Colburn and Laurel H. Carney},
  journal={The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America},
  year={2001},
  volume={110 4},
  pages={
          2065-84
        }
}
The perceptual significance of the cochlear amplifier was evaluated by predicting level-discrimination performance based on stochastic auditory-nerve (AN) activity. Performance was calculated for three models of processing: the optimal all-information processor (based on discharge times), the optimal rate-place processor (based on discharge counts), and a monaural coincidence-based processor that uses a non-optimal combination of rate and temporal information. An analytical AN model included… 
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