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Structure and Function in Sound Discrimination Among Vertebrates

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The Evolutionary Biology of Hearing

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A sense of hearing can only be demonstrated and described through an analysis of sound’s effects on behavior. Since we can observe only the behavior of living animals, the study of the historical evolution of the sense of hearing seems impossible.

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  1. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA

    Douglas B. Webster

  2. Department of Zoology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 20742, USA

    Arthur N. Popper

  3. Parmly Hearing Institute and Loyola University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60626, USA

    Richard R. Fay

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Fay, R.R. (1992). Structure and Function in Sound Discrimination Among Vertebrates. In: Webster, D.B., Popper, A.N., Fay, R.R. (eds) The Evolutionary Biology of Hearing. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2784-7_18

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