Experimental approaches to auditory research make use of validated animal models to determine what can be generalized from one species to another. This volume b

The hearing organs of non-mammals, which show quite large and systematic differences to each other and to those of mammals, provide an invaluable basis for comp

In order to communicate, animals send and receive signals that are subject to their particular anatomical, psychological, and environmental constraints. This SH

Birds and reptiles have long fascinated investigators studying hearing and the auditory system. The highly evolved auditory inner ear of birds and reptiles shar

The function of vertebrate hearing is served by a surprising variety of sensory structures in the different groups of fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mam