Spike-timing and mean-rate coding of the temporal fine structure and envelope cues in real words

A number of studies over the past decade have argued for the importance of temporal fine structure (TFS) cues for the perception of consonants. However, recent investigations indicate that TFS cues from consonants may largely be converted into envelope (ENV) cues by narrowband cochlear filtering, such that these cues are conveyed by the mean-rate response of auditory nerve fibers rather than spike-timing cues. However, these studies used …