Modeling cochlear two-tone suppression using a system of nonlinear oscillators with feed-forward coupling

Mechanism of two-tone suppression is studied using a coupled-oscillator model of the cochlea with feed-forward coupling. Local amplification of sound signals is modeled by using Stuart-Landau oscillators near the Hopf bifurcation, and transmission of sound signals is described as feed-forward coupling between the oscillators. Effect of suppressor signals on the response to probe signals is analyzed by numerical simulations. It is found that the...