Sensors 2011, 11(6), 5808-5818; doi:10.3390/s110605808
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Analysis of the “Sonar Hopf” Cochlea

Albert Kern 1 email, Stefan Martignoli 1 email, Wolfgang Mathis 2 email, Willi-Hans Steeb 3 email, Ralph Lukas Stoop 1 email and Ruedi Stoop 1,* email
1 Institute for Neuroinformatics ETHZ/UZH, Winterthurerstr. 190, 8057 Zürich, Switzerland 2 Theoretische Elektrotechnik, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Appelstr. 9A, 30167 Hannover, Germany 3 Applied Mathematics University of Johannesburg, 2006 Auckland Park, South Africa
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Received: 13 April 2011 / Accepted: 17 May 2011 / Published: 30 May 2011
(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
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Abstract: The “Sonar Hopf” cochlea is a recently much advertised engineering design of an auditory sensor. We analyze this approach based on a recent description by its inventors Hamilton, Tapson, Rapson, Jin, and van Schaik, in which they exhibit the “Sonar Hopf” model, its analysis and the corresponding hardware in detail. We identify problems in the theoretical formulation of the model and critically examine the claimed coherence between the described model, the measurements from the implemented hardware, and biological data.
Keywords: artificial cochlea; biomorphic; mathematical analysis

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Kern, A.; Martignoli, S.; Mathis, W.; Steeb, W.-H.; Stoop, R.L.; Stoop, R. Analysis of the “Sonar Hopf” Cochlea. Sensors 2011, 11, 5808-5818.

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Kern A, Martignoli S, Mathis W, Steeb W-H, Stoop RL, Stoop R. Analysis of the “Sonar Hopf” Cochlea. Sensors. 2011; 11(6):5808-5818.

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Kern, Albert; Martignoli, Stefan; Mathis, Wolfgang; Steeb, Willi-Hans; Stoop, Ralph Lukas; Stoop, Ruedi. 2011. "Analysis of the “Sonar Hopf” Cochlea." Sensors 11, no. 6: 5808-5818.

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