TY - GEN
T1 - Auditory information coding by cochlear nucleus onset neurons
AU - Huan, Wang
AU - Holmberg, Marcus
AU - Hemmert, Werner
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - In this paper we use information theory to quantify the information in the output spike trains of modeled cochlear nucleus onset neurons. Onset neurons are known for their precise temporal processing, and they code the periodicity of voiced speech with high fidelity. We conclude that the maximum information transmission rate for a single neuron is close to 1000 bits/s, which corresponds to 3.26 bits/spike. For quasi-periodic signals like voiced speech, the transmitted information saturates with word duration, with 90% of the information being transmitted within 73 ms. Information theory also shows that the maximum temporal resolution of onset neurons is approximately 0.1 ms.
AB - In this paper we use information theory to quantify the information in the output spike trains of modeled cochlear nucleus onset neurons. Onset neurons are known for their precise temporal processing, and they code the periodicity of voiced speech with high fidelity. We conclude that the maximum information transmission rate for a single neuron is close to 1000 bits/s, which corresponds to 3.26 bits/spike. For quasi-periodic signals like voiced speech, the transmitted information saturates with word duration, with 90% of the information being transmitted within 73 ms. Information theory also shows that the maximum temporal resolution of onset neurons is approximately 0.1 ms.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33947682894
SN - 142440469X
SN - 9781424404698
T3 - ICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings
SP - V129-V132
BT - 2006 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing - Proceedings
T2 - 2006 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2006
Y2 - 14 May 2006 through 19 May 2006
ER -