Auditory brain stem responses in characterization of dolphin hearing |
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Authors: | V V Popov A Ya Supin |
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Institution: | (1) A.N. Severtsov Institute of Evolutionary Morphology and Ecology of Animals, USSR Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prosp. 33, SU-117071 Moscow, Russia |
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Abstract: | Summary Auditory brain stem responses (ABR) were recorded from the head surface of non-anesthetized and non-relaxed bottle-nosed dolphins, Tursiops truncatus. The region of best ABR recording was shown to be located 6–9 cm caudal to the blowhole. The threshold values were about 1 mPa for noise bursts and –3 dB re 1 mPa for tone bursts of the optimal frequency (80 kHz). The maximum frequency at which ABR could be evoked was 140 kHz. The duration of temporal summation reached 0.5 ms at intensities near the threshold and decreased with an increase in intensity. When the stimuli were paired clicks of the same intensity, the time to complete recovery from the second response was about 5 ms, while that to its 50% recovery was 0.7 ms. When the conditioning click exceeded the testing one in intensity, prolongation of the recovery period was observed. A 40-dB intensity difference led to an approximately 10-fold prolongation of this period.Abbreviations
ABR
auditory brain stem response
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EP
evoked potential |
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Keywords: | Dolphin Hearing Auditory brain stem responses Conditioning |
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