Imagine a very tiny person is walking through the auditory tract,from the ear canal through to the auditory nerve.When that tiny person reaches the cochlea and walks along the basilar membrane,________ frequency sounds will disturb their walk most at the base of the cochlea,and ________ frequency sounds will disturb their walk most at the tip of the cochlea.
A) loud; soft
B) soft; loud
C) high; low
D) low; high

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High frequency sounds disturb the base of the cochlea, while low frequency sounds affect the tip, due to the tonotopic organization of the basilar membrane.

Imagine a Very Tiny Person Is Walking Through the Auditory