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washai

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Which of the following strongly supports the notion that a place code is involved in detecting medium pitch to high pitch sounds?
 
  A) Cochlear implants can restore the understanding of speech sounds.
  B) Mutant mice that lack inner hair cells are unable to hear.
  C) Damage to the posterior temporal cortex impairs hearing.
  D) Overgrowth of bone over the round window impairs hearing of highbut not lowpitch sounds.
  E) Antibiotics can degenerate hair cells in an apical to basal direction and produce corresponding deficits in intensity perception.

Question 2

The posterior auditory stream terminates in the ________ and is involved in ________.
 
  A) posterior parietal cortex; complex sound analysis
  B) posterior occipital cortex; sound localization
  C) parabelt region of the anterior temporal region; complex sound analysis
  D) parabelt region of the anterior temporal region; sound localization
  E) posterior parietal cortex; sound localization



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guyanai

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: A
Rationale: The fact that cochlear implants can restore the understanding of speech sounds strongly supports the notion that a place code is involved in detecting medium pitch to high pitch sounds.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: E




washai

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Reply 2 on: Jun 22, 2018
Excellent


Dinolord

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Great answer, keep it coming :)

 

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