Multiple Choice
The frequency theory of pitch perception is flawed because
A) structurally, it is impossible for the basilar membrane to vibrate.
B) neurons cannot fire fast enough to account for hearing tones higher than 1,000 cycles/second.
C) it places the transduction process in the semicircular canals and not the cochlea.
D) the action of the ossicles interacting with the auditory nerve was misidentified.
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