Evoked potential audiometry of 13 Pacific bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus gilli)

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-41

  Houser, Dorian S ^a   Gomez Rubio, Alex ^b   Finneran, James J ^c  

^a Biomimetica   (United States)

^b Dolphin Adventure   (Mexico)

^c Naval Command   (United States)

Author keywords

Audiometry; Auditory evoked potential; Hearing sensitivity; Pacific bottlenose dolphin; Tursiops truncatus gilli

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOLPHIN; HEARING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; THRESHOLD;

ANIMALIA; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 39049115998     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2007.00148.x     Document Type: Article

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