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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zosuls, A., Mountain, D., Ketten, Darlene
Format: Conference Paper
Published: 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/55157