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NuB502: THE AUDITORY SYSTEM Bruce L Tempel (bltempel@u.) These lectures on the auditory system will switch back and forth between structure and function as we work our way through the system. Thus, we should start by considering the qualities of physical energy that the system is required to transduce in order to give us meaningful information about our acoustic environment. WHAT WE HEAR Sound, in the form of pressure waves in the environment, is transmitted to the brain via electrical signals from the cochlea. Sound is composed of pressure waves of molecules in the medium (air or