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Index
Amazon river dolphin (cont.)
binaural hearing, 69
optic/auditory ratio, 93
peribullar structure, 67
whistle signals, 366
Ambient noise, underwater, 158-160,
161-162
American shad (Alosa sapidissima), hearing, 164
Anatomy, brain, 277-278
Animal Welfare Act, 33
Anthropogenic sounds, 158-160, 161
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), 55
infrasonic hearing, 55
Assymetry of head, sound production,
146
Astaire, Fred, 43
Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncalus),5
age and hearing, 345
audiogram, 5ff, 338-339
auditory brainstem response, 285-286,
297-298, 301-302
auditory electrophysiology, 61-62
auditory nerve size, 279
basilar membrane stiffness, 95
binaural hearing, 69
biosonar beam pattern, 137, 37lff
biosonar detection range, 379, 380, 384
biosonar frequency range, 366-367
biosonar signal frequency and intensity,
98, 368-369
biosonar signal production, 11Off, 117,
120, 124, 141-142
biosonar target shape discrimination,
396ff, 399-400
burst pulses, 24
click intervals, 376
click source levels, 377ff
clutter and echolocation, 383ff
cochlear anatomy, 82, 83ff
crater feeding, 386-387
critical bandwidth, 356ff
cylinder wall thickness discrimination,
393ff
dialect, 27
early echolocation research, 118
echo-reverberation ratio, 386
echolocation source level, 178-179
EFR electrophysiology, 34
energy detection model, 381
event-related potentials,284
frequency analysis, 54
frequency discrimination, 353-354
frequency range, 94-95
hollow cylinder targets, 390-391
intensity discrimination, 53
material composition discrimination,
392
melon, 12
minimum audible angle, 59
mother-infant interactions, 172
multiple sound generators, 143-144
organ of Corti, 32
periotic anatomy, 60ff
phonic lips, 131
psychoacoustics, 336-337
signature whistles, 19, 36, 173, 179
social groups, 173
social sounds, 16, 18, 225ff
sound production, 11, 136
sound source localization, 347
spiral lamina, 91
target range discrimination, 387
target structure discrimination,
388ff
temporal summation, 343
tonal masking, 354-355
trapezoid body, 280
video endoscopy, 133-134
vocal learing, 210-211
vocalization behaviors, 234ff
vocalization function, 177ff
whistle signals, 179-180, 366
Atlantic cod, see cod
Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis), 18
burst pulses, 24
echolocation for buried prey, 387
social sounds, 18-19,36, 225ff
vocalization behaviors, 234ff
whistle signals, 366
Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus), social sounds, 18
cochlear structure, 80-81
target structure discrimination, 388
Index
Amazon river dolphin (cont.)
binaural hearing, 69
optic/auditory ratio, 93
peribullar structure, 67
whistle signals, 366
Ambient noise, underwater, 158-160,
161-162
American shad (Alosa sapidissima), hearing, 164
Anatomy, brain, 277-278
Animal Welfare Act, 33
Anthropogenic sounds, 158-160, 161
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), 55
infrasonic hearing, 55
Assymetry of head, sound production,
146
Astaire, Fred, 43
Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncalus),5
age and hearing, 345
audiogram, 5ff, 338-339
auditory brainstem response, 285-286,
297-298, 301-302
auditory electrophysiology, 61-62
auditory nerve size, 279
basilar membrane stiffness, 95
binaural hearing, 69
biosonar beam pattern, 137, 37lff
biosonar detection range, 379, 380, 384
biosonar frequency range, 366-367
biosonar signal frequency and intensity,
98, 368-369
biosonar signal production, 11Off, 117,
120, 124, 141-142
biosonar target shape discrimination,
396ff, 399-400
burst pulses, 24
click intervals, 376
click source levels, 377ff
clutter and echolocation, 383ff
cochlear anatomy, 82, 83ff
crater feeding, 386-387
critical bandwidth, 356ff
cylinder wall thickness discrimination,
393ff
dialect, 27
early echolocation research, 118
echo-reverberation ratio, 386
echolocation source level, 178-179
EFR electrophysiology, 34
energy detection model, 381
event-related potentials,284
frequency analysis, 54
frequency discrimination, 353-354
frequency range, 94-95
hollow cylinder targets, 390-391
intensity discrimination, 53
material composition discrimination,
392
melon, 12
minimum audible angle, 59
mother-infant interactions, 172
multiple sound generators, 143-144
organ of Corti, 32
periotic anatomy, 60ff
phonic lips, 131
psychoacoustics, 336-337
signature whistles, 19, 36, 173, 179
social groups, 173
social sounds, 16, 18, 225ff
sound production, 11, 136
sound source localization, 347
spiral lamina, 91
target range discrimination, 387
target structure discrimination,
388ff
temporal summation, 343
tonal masking, 354-355
trapezoid body, 280
video endoscopy, 133-134
vocal learing, 210-211
vocalization behaviors, 234ff
vocalization function, 177ff
whistle signals, 179-180, 366
Atlantic cod, see cod
Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis), 18
burst pulses, 24
echolocation for buried prey, 387
social sounds, 18-19,36, 225ff
vocalization behaviors, 234ff
whistle signals, 366
Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus), social sounds, 18
cochlear structure, 80-81
target structure discrimination, 388