High-frequency hearing in phocid and otariid pinnipeds: An interpretation based on inertial and cochlear constraints

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 3463-3466

  Hemilä, Simo ^a   Nummela, Sirpa ^a,b   Berta, Annalisa ^c   Reuter, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Northeastern Ohio Medical University   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; BIODIVERSITY; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

AUDIOGRAMS; COCHLEAR CONSTRAINTS; HIGH-FREQUENCY HEARING;

AUDIO ACOUSTICS;

WATER;

AIR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDITORY OSSICLE; COCHLEA; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HEARING; INERTIA; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MIDDLE EAR; MOTION; NONHUMAN; PHOCID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WATER IMMERSION;

ANIMALS; AUDIOMETRY; BONE CONDUCTION; COCHLEA; ECHOLOCATION; HEARING; PINNIPEDIA; SEALS, EARLESS;

EID: 33845360158     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2372712     Document Type: Article

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