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The human ear can detect a pitch change of 10 per cent of a pure tone in a time interval of two cycles. The inner ear, representing the combination of a mechanical and a nervous system, therefore seems to be superior to filters based on pure resonance and energy accumulation.
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VON BÉKÉSY, G. Travelling Waves as Frequency Analysers in the Cochlea. Nature 225, 1207–1209 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/2251207a0
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