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Comparative Studies of Hearing in Vertebrates

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1980

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Editors:
  1. Arthur N. Popper

    1. Department of Anatomy, Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, Georgetown University, USA

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  2. Richard R. Fay

    1. Department of Psychology and Parmly Hearing Institute, Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

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Part of the book series: Proceedings in Life Sciences (LIFE SCIENCES)

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Table of contents (16 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIV
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  2. Fishes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Structure and Function in Teleost Auditory Systems

      • Richard R. Fay, Arthur N. Popper
      Pages 3-42

    3. Underwater Localization — A Major Problem in Fish Acoustics

      • Arie Schuijf, Robbert J. A. Buwalda
      Pages 43-77

    4. Central Auditory Pathways in Anamniotic Vertebrates

      • R. Glenn Northcutt
      Pages 79-118

  3. Amphibians

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 119-119
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    2. The Structure of the Amphibian Auditory Periphery: A Unique Experiment in Terrestrial Hearing

      • R. Eric Lombard
      Pages 121-138

    3. Nonlinear Properties of the Peripheral Auditory System of Anurans

      • Robert R. Capranica, Anne J. M. Moffat
      Pages 139-165

  4. Reptiles

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 167-167
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    2. The Reptilian Cochlear Duct

      • Malcolm R. Miller
      Pages 169-204

    3. Physiology and Bioacoustics in Reptiles

      • Robert G. Turner
      Pages 205-237

  6. Mammals

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 355-355
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    2. Directional Hearing in Terrestrial Mammals

      • George Gourevitch
      Pages 357-373

    3. Comparative Organization of Mammalian Auditory Cortex

      • Moïse H. Goldstein Jr., Paul L. Knight
      Pages 375-398

    4. Man as Mammal: Psychoacoustics

      • William A. Yost
      Pages 399-420
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About this book

The past two decades have seen an extraordinary growth of interest in the auditory mechanisms of a wide range of vertebrates and invertebrates. Investigations have ranged from auditory mechanisms in relatively simple animals where just a few cells are em­ ployed for detection of sound, to the highly complex detection and processing systems of man and the other mammals. Of particular significance to us has been the growing interest in general principles of vertebrate auditory system organization, as opposed to a specific and limited concern for the mammalian or even human systems. Some of the interest in nonmammalian systems has risen from the desire to fmd simpler experi­ mental models for both the essential components (e. g. , the hair cell receptor) and the more complex functions (e. g. , frequency analysis) of all vertebrate auditory systems. Interest has also risen from questions about the evolution of hearing and the covariation (or lack of it) in structure and function in a wide variety of biological solutions to the problems of acoustic mechanoreception. Of course, the desire to fmd simpler experi­ mental models and the need to answer questions about the evolution of hearing are not unrelated. In fact, detailed analyses of a variety of systems have led several times to the realization that some of the "simple systems" are more complex than initially thought.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Anatomy, Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, Georgetown University, USA

    Arthur N. Popper

  • Department of Psychology and Parmly Hearing Institute, Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

    Richard R. Fay

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Comparative Studies of Hearing in Vertebrates

  • Editors: Arthur N. Popper, Richard R. Fay

  • Series Title: Proceedings in Life Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8074-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. 1980

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-8076-4Published: 21 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-8074-0Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0172-6625

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 457

  • Topics: Zoology

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