 The basilar membrane within the cochlea contains the first of these specializations for echo information processing.In bats that use CF signals, the section of the membrane that responds to the frequency of returning echoes is much larger than the region of response for any other frequency.For example, in the greater horseshoe bat, "Rhinolophus ferrumequinum", there is a disproportionately lengthened and thickened section of the membrane that responds to sounds around 83 kHz, the constant frequency of the echo produced by the bat's call.