Using reaction time and equal latency contours to derive auditory weighting functions in sea lions and dolphins
Finneran, J.J.; Mulsow, J.; Schlundt, C.E. (2016). Using reaction time and equal latency contours to derive auditory weighting functions in sea lions and dolphins, in: Popper, A.N. et al. The effects of noise on aquatic life II. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 875: pp. 281-287. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2981-8_33
In: Popper, A.N.; Hawkins, A. (Ed.) (2016). The effects of noise on aquatic life II. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, 875. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc: New York. ISBN 978-1-4939-2980-1. xxx, 1292 pp., more
In: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology. Springer: Berlin. ISSN 0065-2598; e-ISSN 2214-8019, more
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| Keywords |
Hearing
Loudness
Reaction time
Weighting functions
Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) [WoRMS]
Marine/Coastal |
| Author keywords |
Hearing; Loudness; Reaction time; Weighting function |
| Authors | | Top |
- Finneran, J.J.
- Mulsow, J.
- Schlundt, C.E.
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| Abstract |
Subjective loudness measurements are used to create equal-loudness contours and auditory weighting functions for human noise-mitigation criteria; however, comparable direct measurements of subjective loudness with animal subjects are difficult to conduct. In this study, simple reaction time to pure tones was measured as a proxy for subjective loudness in a Tursiops truncatus and Zalophus californianus. Contours fit to equal reaction-time curves were then used to estimate the shapes of auditory weighting functions. |
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