Factors Affecting Hearing in Mice, Rats, and Other Laboratory Animals

The auditory system of rodents and other animals is affected by numerous genetic and environmental variables. These include genes that cause hearing loss, exposure to noise that induces hearing loss, ameliorative effects of an augmented acoustic environment on hearing loss, and effects of background...

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Published inJournal of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science Vol. 46; no. 1; pp. 23 - 27
Main Author Willott, J.F
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Association for Laboratory Animal Science 2007
Subjects
acoustic environment
acoustics
animal genetics
Animals
Animals, Laboratory - physiology
auditory function
Auditory Perception - physiology
Cochlear Nucleus - chemistry
Electron Transport Complex IV - analysis
Environment
environmental factors
genetic disorders
hearing
Hearing - genetics
Hearing - physiology
hearing disorders
hearing loss
Hearing Loss - genetics
Hearing Loss - veterinary
Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced - veterinary
laboratory animals
literature reviews
mice
Mice - physiology
Noise
rats
Rats - physiology
Rodent Diseases - genetics
sounds
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Summary:The auditory system of rodents and other animals is affected by numerous genetic and environmental variables. These include genes that cause hearing loss, exposure to noise that induces hearing loss, ameliorative effects of an augmented acoustic environment on hearing loss, and effects of background noise on arousal. An understanding of genetic and environmental influences on hearing and auditory behavior is important for those who provide, use, and care for laboratory animals.
Bibliography:http://www.aalas.org/publications/index.asp
1559-6109(20070101)46:1L.23;1-
ISSN:1559-6109
2769-6677