Re: cut-off frequency of mammals and non-mammals' hearing

[Martin Braun <nombraun@xxxxxxxxx>]

If you are interested in the data of mammals AND non-mammals, the best
source is:

DB Webster, RR Fay, AN Popper (1992) The Evolutionary Biology of Hearing,
Springer-Verlag, New York, 910 pages.

Martin

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> You may also find
>
> Fay, RR. Hearing in Vertebrates: A Psychophysics Databook. Hill-Fay
> Associates, Winnetka, IL, 1988
>
> helpful.
>
> Suresh.
>
> At 03:01 PM 3/20/2003 -0500, David Mountain wrote:
> >For high-frequency cutofs in mammals, take a look at:
> >
> >Heffner RS, Koay G, Heffner HE.
> >Audiograms of five species of rodents: implications for the evolution of
> >hearing and the perception of pitch. Hear Res 2001 Jul;157(1-2):138-52
> >
> >You can find quite a bit of bird audiogram data in:
> >
> >Dooling, RJ Hearing in Birds in The Evolutionary Biology of Hearing, DB
> >Webster, RR Fay and AN Popper eds. 1992 Springer-Verlag, New York pp
> >545-559.
> >
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> >David C. Mountain, Ph.D.
> >Professor of Biomedical Engineering
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> >On Thu, 20 Mar 2003, Chen-gia TSAI wrote:
> >
> > > Dear list,
> > >
> > > Masterton et al. (1968) pointed out that high-frequency hearing is a
> > characteristic unique to mammals.
> > > I wonder if I can find updated data about the cut-off frequency of
> > mammals and non-mammals' hearing.
> > >
> > > Masterton B, Heffner H, and Ravizza R (1969). The evolution of
> > high-frequency hearing, JASA 45: 966-985.
> > >
> > > Chen-Gia Tsai