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How can you exclude that there might be another way for the brain of receiving this information? We know of the effects UV-light has although we're unable to see it. Anyway, I don't want to speculate. I am not a neuro-scientist and cannot seriously debate these questions. But, I have listened to a ton of CD-music (pop/rock) and, in most cases, it sounded worse and somehow flattened out compared to Hi-res tracks. There are few exceptions, though, but for me it is enough for not buying CDs anymore when I can get a high-resolution recording.

 

Neuro-scientist?

I think an audiologist would be more appropriate, and as one.... I must say concept that humans can hear through other means beyond the auditory pathway inspires a smile.

That being said, we do know for a fact that the outer ear, middle ear and inner ear (cochlea) can be bi-passed and the spiral ganglion can be enervated via an electrical charge.

The first cochlear implant did just that, though most subsequent cochlear implants focuses on enervating the basilar membrane . There is a company in Korea still using the "House" technique and getting good results