Electrophysiological Techniques for Sea Lion Population-Level Audiometry

Abstract

The objectives of this project are to (1) modify electrophysiological techniques previously developed for dolphins to assess hearing sensitivity in California sea lions (Zalophus californianus), (2) benchmark the techniques using behavioral hearing data from the same individual, and (3) apply the techniques to measure the hearing sensitivity of all available Navy sea lions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2009
Accession Number
ADA531210

Entities

People

  • James J Finneran

Organizations

  • Naval Information Warfare Systems Command

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplitude
  • Anatomy
  • Animals
  • Audiometry
  • Biological Sciences
  • California
  • Cells (Biology)
  • Electrodes
  • Electrophysiological Phenomena
  • Frequency
  • Hearing Loss
  • Mammals
  • Marine Mammals
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • Sea Lions
  • Sensitivity

Readers

  • Auditory Neuroscience/Auditory Physiology.
  • Computer Science.
  • Marine Mammal Biology