[Model of a binaural hearing system. II. Monaural processing of information concerning short sounds]

The first part of the model of the auditory system determining the direction on the source of short (shorter than 10 msec) sound signals is presented. The processes in perceptors, the neurons of spiral ganglion, anterior ventral cochlear nucleus and medial superior olivary nucleus are simulated. According to the model the information about a sound signal has undergone several stages of processing and finally a resultant pulse is formed. The moment when this pulse appears on the input of the comparing neuron (in the medial olive) is determined by the two parameters of the sound: its intensity and the moment when a sound arrives to one of the ears.