Aerial low frequency hearing in captive and free-ranging harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) using auditory brainstem responses

Klaus Lucke; Gordon Drummond Hastie; Kerstin Ternes; Bernie J McConnell; Simon Moss; Deborah Jill Russell; Heike Weber; Vincent M. Janik

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Aerial low frequency hearing in captive and free-ranging harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) using auditory brainstem responses

Klaus Lucke, Gordon Drummond Hastie, Kerstin Ternes, Bernie J McConnell, Simon Moss, Deborah Jill Russell, Heike Weber, Vincent M. Janik

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The hearing sensitivity of 18 free-ranging and 10 captive harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) to aerial sounds was measured in the presence of typical environmental noise through auditory brainstem response measurements. A focus was put on the comparative hearing sensitivity at low frequencies. Low- and mid-frequency thresholds appeared to be elevated in both captive and free-ranging seals but this is likely due to masking effects and limitations of the methodology used. The data also showed individual variability in hearing sensitivity with probable age-related hearing loss found in two old harbour seals. These results suggest that the acoustic sensitivity of free-ranging animals was not negatively affected by the soundscape they experienced in the wild.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	859-868
Journal	Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology
Volume	202
Issue number	12
Early online date	31 Oct 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-016-1126-8
Publication status	Published - Dec 2016

Keywords

Harbour seal
Phoca vitulina
Hearing
ABR
Low-frequency

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Lucke, K., Hastie, G. D., Ternes, K., McConnell, B. J., Moss, S., Russell, D. J., Weber, H., & Janik, V. M. (2016). Aerial low frequency hearing in captive and free-ranging harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) using auditory brainstem responses. Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, 202(12), 859-868. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00359-016-1126-8

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Aerial low frequency hearing in captive and free-ranging harbour seals (Phoca vitulina) using auditory brainstem responses. / Lucke, Klaus; Hastie, Gordon Drummond; Ternes, Kerstin et al.
In: Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology, Vol. 202, No. 12, 12.2016, p. 859-868.

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