RT Book, Section A1 Kandel, Eric R. A1 Koester, John D. A1 Mack, Sarah H. A1 Siegelbaum, Steven A. SR Print(0) ID 1180642327 T1 Auditory Processing by the Cochlea T2 Principles of Neural Science, 6e YR 2021 FD 2021 PB McGraw Hill PP New York, NY SN 9781259642234 LK accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1180642327 RD 2022/07/02 AB HUMAN EXPERIENCE IS ENRICHED by the ability to distinguish a remarkable range of sounds—from the intimacy of a whisper to the warmth of a conversation, from the complexity of a symphony to the roar of a stadium. Hearing begins when the sensory cells of the cochlea, the receptor organ of the inner ear, transduce sound energy into electrical signals and forward them to the brain. Our ability to recognize small differences in sounds stems from the cochlea’s capacity to distinguish among frequency components, their amplitudes, and their relative timing.