Assuming mono CD quality audio (16*44100 = 705,600 bits per second), the number of bits per second per auditory nerve (assuming a total of 30,000 auditory nerves) is:
705,600 / 30,000 = 23.52 That is, to encode CD quality audio in the cochlear nerve, one nerve fiber needs to encode only 24 bits per second. If one nerve can fire up to 100 times per second, that doesn't sound like a problem. -- dupswapdrop -- the music-dsp mailing list and website: subscription info, FAQ, source code archive, list archive, book reviews, dsp links http://music.columbia.edu/cmc/music-dsp http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/music-dsp
