CARFAC_OHC_NLF.m

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% Author: Richard F. Lyon
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% This file is part of an implementation of Lyon's cochlear model:
% "Cascade of Asymmetric Resonators with Fast-Acting Compression"
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function nlf = CARFAC_OHC_NLF(velocities, CAR_coeffs)
% function nlf = CARFAC_OHC_NLF(velocities, CAR_coeffs)
% start with a quadratic nonlinear function, and limit it via a
% rational function; make the result go to zero at high
% absolute velocities, so it will do nothing there.

nlf = 1 ./ (1 + ...
  (velocities * CAR_coeffs.velocity_scale + CAR_coeffs.v_offset) .^ 2 );