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Birds and reptiles have been important subjects for the study of the vertebrate auditory system. These groups provide important insight into the overall structure and function of vertebrate audition, and at the same time, they serve as useful models for delving into comparative issues, particularly those related to mammalian hearing. Indeed, birds and, to a lesser degree, reptiles continue to be fundamentally important models for studies as diverse as regeneration of sensory hair cells, development of hearing, signal processing, and biophysics of sensory hair cells.
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Dooling, R.J., Popper, A.N. (2000). Hearing in Birds and Reptiles: An Overview. In: Dooling, R.J., Fay, R.R., Popper, A.N. (eds) Comparative Hearing: Birds and Reptiles. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, vol 13. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-1182-2_1
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