FIG. 6.

A As left panel of Figure 5, but for a finite rather than an infinite cochlea. The fat dashed curve shows again the numerically calculated mean normalized rate of all neural populations. At lower sound levels, this curve basically coincides with the analytical solution for an infinite cochlea (thick solid curve). The latter does not saturate at high levels, though. B By choosing different parameters, the mean normalized rate can be made to increase more slowly, resulting in a wider dynamic range.