The dramatic increase in human activities all over the world has caused, on an evolutionary
time scale, a sudden rise in especially low‐pitched noise levels. Ambient noise may be …

Many avian species have long been exposed to loud natural sounds such as streams,
waterfalls, and wind. However, anthropogenic noise pollution is a relatively recent …

The fifth edition of this successful introductory text on hearing sciences includes auditory,
anatomy, physiology, psychoacoustics, and perception content. Fundamentals of Hearing is …

Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; apopper@ umd. edu One
of the “problems” in working with aquatic animals is that they are not nearly as easy to …

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 …

Mammals exposed to loud aerial sounds exhibit temporary threshold shifts (TTS) that are
linearly related to increases of sound pressure above baseline hearing levels. It was …

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 …

Exposure to continuous moderate noise levels is known to impair the auditory system
leading to Noise-Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL) in animals including humans. The …

The effect of traffic noise on the breeding density of 20 passerine species was examined
over a 2-year period in three different road types passing through pasture-woodlands in …

For birds, hearing is second in importance only to vision for monitoring the world around
them. Avian hearing is most sensitive to sounds from about 1 to 4 kHz, although they can …