Re: AUDITORY Digest - 6 Oct 2009 to 7 Oct 2009 (#2009-230) (Didier Depireux )


Subject: Re: AUDITORY Digest - 6 Oct 2009 to 7 Oct 2009 (#2009-230)
From:    Didier Depireux  <depireux@xxxxxxxx>
Date:    Thu, 8 Oct 2009 18:47:43 -0400
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Jont, You say: "if Tinnitus were typically generated in the cochlea (there is lots of evidence for this), then there would be a place in the brain that would hear this. Then some people come along and see the signal in the brain, and conclude, that tinnitus is generated in the brain. I hope there's more to it than this". If I can paraphrase, you think tinnitus is generated in the cochlea. So Arnaud and I pointed out that most people with a disconnected cochlea have tinnitus. In my mind, that might quite possibly indicate that tinnitus is not always generated in the cochlea. You reply: "This is a meaningless indicator. If you drive a truck over someone's head and crush their skull, they will become blind. Does it follow that you see with your skull?" I don't get it. Didier Didier A Depireux depireux@xxxxxxxx Inst. for Systems Research http://theearlab.org School of Engineering Ph: 410-925-6546 U Md College Park MD 20742 USA Adjunct, BioEngineering On Thu, Oct 8, 2009 at 10:21 AM, Jont Allen <jontalle@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Dear all, > > Three comments below. You will need to search for them. I get the digest > version, so its all mixed together.


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