The auditory pathway conveys the special sense of hearing. Information travels from the receptors in the organ of Corti of the inner ear (cochlear hair cells) to the central nervous system, carried by the vestibulocochlear nerve (CN VIII). This pathway ultimately reaches the primary auditory cortex for conscious perception. In addition ...

Central auditory pathways encode sound frequency, attenuation, and spatial location, combinations of which help individuals understand and correctly interpret sounds. Central auditory information processing adapts continuously to environmental, attentional, and perceived importance of environmental cues.

The sensory pathway of audition ascends through three brainstem nuclei (see Figure 10.1). Audition begins by traveling along the vestibulocochlear nerve, which synapses with neurons in the cochlear nuclei of the superior medulla. The cochlear nuclei receives information from the cochlea.

This paper addresses anatomical, physiological and neurochemical aspects of the central auditory pathway (CAP), from the inner ear, the brainstem and the thalamus to the temporal auditory cortex AC). The characteristics of the spiral ganglion of Corti (SGC), the auditory nerve (AN), the cochlear nuclei (CN), the superior olivary complex (SOC), the

Transmission via Auditory Nerve: The nerve impulses travel via cochlear nerve to the cochlear nucleus in the brainstem. Binaural Processing-Sound Localization: These signals undergo processing in the superior olivary complex, which uses differences in timing and intensity of sounds across both ears to localize the sources of sound.