How is sound conducted to the cochlea in toothed whales?
© 2015 AIP Publishing LLC. Toothed whales (Odontocetes) typically have small occluded ear canals and sea water has a characteristic impedance that is much more similar to the impedance of soft tissues of the head than is the case for the air-tissue interface in terrestrial mammals. This makes it pla...
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| Format: | Conference Paper |
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2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/55157 |