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Psychoacoustic Studies of Dolphin and Whale Hearing

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Book cover Hearing by Whales and Dolphins

Part of the book series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research ((SHAR,volume 12))

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Whales and dolphins have evolved in a sensory world very unlike our own. Although one can guess what the perceptions of a cetacean might be, it is impossible to “get inside a dolphins head” and experience what it must be like to hear sounds over 100kHz and discern fine details of the environment, conspecifics, and prey via echolocation. It is possible, however, using psychophysical techniques first developed for human measurements, to characterize some properties of cetacean perception and accurately measure the acoustic sensations that are experienced by whales and dolphins.

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  1. Marine Mammal Research Program Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, Kailua, HI, 96734, USA

    Whitlow W. L. Au

  2. Parmly Hearing Institute and Department of Psychology, Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60626, USA

    Richard R. Fay

  3. Department of Biology and Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA

    Arthur N. Popper

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Nachtigall, P.E., Lemonds, D.W., Roitblat, H.L. (2000). Psychoacoustic Studies of Dolphin and Whale Hearing. In: Au, W.W.L., Fay, R.R., Popper, A.N. (eds) Hearing by Whales and Dolphins. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, vol 12. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1150-1_8

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