According to Bekesy's place theory of hearing, the frequency of a sound correlates to the area along the organ of Corti where the greatest number of nerve cells are activated.
By using a circular window to transmit sound vibrations to the cochlear fluid, von Békésy found that the traveling wave was generated along the length of the basilar membrane, and that the point of maximum amplitude varied depending on the fundamental frequency of the vibration.
According to the place theory of hearing, the location along the basilar membrane where each frequency of a sound produces vibrations affects how we hear it.
A sound of 6,000 hertz, for instance, would excite the area of the basilar membrane that has a 6,000 hertz characteristic frequency.
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