Abstract Models of the human auditory periphery range from very basic functional
descriptions of auditory filtering to detailed computational models of cochlear mechanics …

The spatial variations of the intricate cytoarchitecture, fluid scalae, and mechano-electric
transduction in the mammalian cochlea have long been postulated to provide the organ with …

Auditory de-afferentation, a permanent reduction in the number of inner-hair-cells and
auditory-nerve synapses due to cochlear damage or synaptopathy, can reliably be …

In classical computational neuroscience, analytical model descriptions are derived from
neuronal recordings to mimic the underlying biological system. These neuronal models are …

Aging, noise exposure, and ototoxic medications lead to cochlear synapse loss in animal
models. As cochlear function is highly conserved across mammalian species, synaptopathy …

Phase locking of auditory-nerve-fiber (ANF) responses to the temporal fine structure of
acoustic stimuli, a hallmark of the auditory system's temporal precision, is important for many …

Auditory inner hair cells (IHCs) convert sound vibrations into receptor potentials that drive
synaptic transmission. For the precise encoding of sound qualities, receptor potentials are …

The frequency dependence of phase locking in the auditory nerve influences various
auditory coding mechanisms. The decline of phase locking with increasing frequency is …

Damage to the auditory periphery is more widespread than predicted by the gold-standard
clinical audiogram. Noise exposure, ototoxicity and aging can destroy cochlear inner-hair …

Phase locking of auditory-nerve-fiber (ANF) responses to the fine structure of acoustic stimuli
is a hallmark of the auditory system's temporal precision and is important for many aspects of …