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Nerves are limited by their refractory period. Long story short, because the physical shape of the inner ear, different regions of cells are more sensitive to different frequencies, as the fluid does not vibrate uniforming across the entire cochlea. This is also part of why different pitches are perceived at different intensities regardless of the power in the sound wave, a high pitch sound will be painful at a lower power level than a lower pitch sound.