Sensory hair cells of the inner ear are responsible for translating auditory or vestibular
stimuli into electrical energy that can be perceived by the nervous system. Although hair …

The ears of nonmammalian vertebrates are capable of regenerating sensory hair cells after
acoustic trauma or ototoxic injury. In contrast, the mammalian inner ear lacks regenerative …

The voices of birds have always been a source of fascination. Nature's Music brings together
some of the world's experts on birdsong, to review the advances that have taken place in our …

The comparative hearing of birds and reptiles should always be considered together. It is
clear from the vertebrate fossil record that birds and reptiles split over 200 million years ago …

The adult mammalian inner ear lacks the capacity to divide or regenerate. Damage to inner
ear generally leads to permanent hearing loss in humans. Here, we present that …

Sensory organs of the vertebrate inner ear contain two major cell types: hair cells (HCs) and
supporting cells (SCs). To study the lineage relationships between these two populations …

The effects of intense white noise (158 dB re 1 μPa for 12 and 24 h) on the hearing abilities
of two otophysine fish species—the nonvocal goldfish Carassius auratus and the vocalizing …

The discovery of hair cell regeneration in the inner ear of birds provides new optimism that
there may be a treatment for hearing and balance disorders. In this review we describe the …

Hearing starts, at the cellular level, with mechanoelectrical transduction by sensory hair
cells. Sound information is then transmitted via afferent synaptic connections with auditory …

Call production in budgerigars was studied using operant conditioning. In several
experiments, budgerigars were reinforced with food for producing calls that were above or …