https://www.selleckchem.com/pr....oducts/prt062607-p50
Sound and hearing play an important role in the lives of many birds, and studies have been published on the acoustic habitat of various species, as well as on various aspects of their hearing system. However the function of the middle ear remains largely unexplored, with existing studies focusing on either single species, or a very narrow range of species. In this article we report measurements of the middle ear transfer function in 39 taxonomically diverse avian species. We used laser vibrometry to measure the vibrations