The discrimination of interaural level difference sensitivity functions: development of a taxonomic data template for modelling.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A major cue for the position of a high-frequency sound source in azimuth is the difference in sound pressure levels in the two ears, Interaural Level Differences (ILDs), as a sound is presented from different positions around the head. This study aims to use data classification techniques to build a descriptive model of electro-physiologically determined neuronal sensitivity functions for ILDs. The ILDs were recorded from neurons in the central nucleus of the Inferior Colliculus (ICc), an obligatory midbrain auditory relay nucleus. The majority of ICc neurons (~ 85%) show sensitivity to ILDs but with a variety of different forms that are often difficult to unambiguously separate into different information-bearing types. Thus, this division is often based on laboratory-sp

SUBMITTER: Uragun B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4126173 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature