Audiogram of a formerly stranded long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas) measured using auditory evoked potentials

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 3138-3143

  Pacini, A F ^a   Nachtigall, P E ^a   Kloepper, L N ^a   Linnenschmidt, M ^b   Sogorb, A ^c   Matias, S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c Zoo de Lisboa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Auditory evoked potentials; Hearing; Long finned pilot whale; Marine mammals

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; AUDITORY STIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; HEARING; HEARING TEST; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT WHALE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ANIMALS; AUDIOMETRY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; HEARING; HEARING TESTS; MALE; WHALES, PILOT;

ANIMALIA; DELPHINIDAE; GLOBICEPHALA MELAS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 77956381009     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.044636     Document Type: Article

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