<s>
The	O
temporal	B-Application
theory	I-Application
of	O
hearing	O
,	O
also	O
called	O
frequency	O
theory	O
or	O
timing	O
theory	O
,	O
states	O
that	O
human	O
perception	O
of	O
sound	O
depends	O
on	O
temporal	O
patterns	O
with	O
which	O
neurons	O
respond	O
to	O
sound	O
in	O
the	O
cochlea	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Temporal	B-Application
theory	I-Application
competes	O
with	O
the	O
place	O
theory	O
of	O
hearing	O
,	O
which	O
instead	O
states	O
that	O
pitch	O
is	O
signaled	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
locations	O
of	O
vibrations	O
along	O
the	O
basilar	O
membrane	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Temporal	B-Application
theory	I-Application
was	O
first	O
suggested	O
by	O
August	O
Seebeck	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Temporal	B-Application
theory	I-Application
supposes	O
that	O
the	O
consistent	O
timing	O
patterns	O
,	O
whether	O
at	O
high	O
or	O
low	O
average	O
firing	O
rate	O
,	O
code	O
for	O
a	O
consistent	O
pitch	O
percept	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Temporal	B-Application
theory	I-Application
can	O
help	O
explain	O
how	O
we	O
maintain	O
this	O
discrimination	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
be	O
complete	O
,	O
rate	B-Application
theory	I-Application
must	O
somehow	O
explain	O
how	O
we	O
distinguish	O
pitches	O
above	O
this	O
maximum	O
firing	O
rate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
volley	O
theory	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
groups	O
of	O
neurons	O
cooperate	O
to	O
code	O
the	O
temporal	O
pattern	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
temporal	B-Application
theory	I-Application
more	O
complete	O
,	O
but	O
some	O
frequencies	O
are	O
too	O
high	O
to	O
see	O
any	O
synchrony	O
in	O
the	O
cochlear	O
nerve	O
firings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
that	O
temporal	B-Application
theory	I-Application
may	O
be	O
dominant	O
for	O
high	O
,	O
unresolved	O
frequency	O
harmonics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Experiments	O
to	O
distinguish	O
between	O
place	O
theory	O
and	O
rate	B-Application
theory	I-Application
using	O
subjects	O
with	O
normal	O
hearing	O
are	O
difficult	O
to	O
devise	O
,	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
strong	O
correlation	O
between	O
rate	O
and	O
place	O
:	O
large	O
vibrations	O
at	O
a	O
low	O
rate	O
are	O
produced	O
at	O
the	O
apical	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
basilar	O
membrane	O
while	O
large	O
vibrations	O
at	O
a	O
high	O
rate	O
are	O
produced	O
at	O
the	O
basal	O
end	O
.	O
</s>
