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What will be an ideal response?
Answer: This answer is summarized in Figure 7.9 (page 215). The cochlear nerve projects afferent fibers to the dorsal and ventral cochlear nuclei, then to the superior olivary complex, and then through the lateral lemniscus to the inferior colliculus—then to the thalamic medial geniculate nucleus, and then to the primary auditory cortex.
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