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ReviewHearing research2023

The continued importance of comparative auditory research to modern scientific discovery.

Grace Capshaw, Andrew D Brown, José L Peña, Catherine E Carr, Jakob Christensen-Dalsgaard, Daniel J Tollin, Molly C Womack, Elizabeth A McCullagh

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Review in Hearing research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
2.0field-weighted citation impact, top 15% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 10 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. The effects of interaural time and level differences on the binaural interaction component of the auditory brainstem response in Cope's gray treefrogs.Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 8 institutions in 2 countries.

Grace CapshawDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA. Electronic address: gcapshaw@jhu.edu.
Andrew D BrownDepartment of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98105, USA.
José L PeñaDominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10461, USA.
Catherine E CarrDepartment of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA.
Jakob Christensen-DalsgaardDepartment of Biology, University of Southern Denmark, Campusvej 55, Odense M DK-5230, Denmark.
Daniel J TollinDepartment of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA; Department of Otolaryngology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO 80045, USA.
Molly C WomackDepartment of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322, USA. Electronic address: molly.womack@usu.edu.
Elizabeth A McCullaghDepartment of Integrative Biology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078, USA. Electronic address: elizabeth.mccullagh@okstate.edu.
Albert Einstein College of Medicine · USJohns Hopkins University · USOklahoma State University · USUniversity of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus · USUniversity of Maryland, College Park · USUniversity of Southern Denmark · DKUniversity of Washington · USUtah State University · US

Funding

Coding of Auditory Space in the Avian BrainR01DC007690 · NIDCD · ALBERT EINSTEIN COL OF MED YESHIVA UNIV · PI PENA, JOSE L · 2005 to 2025
$7.5M
COMPARATIVE AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY OF HEARINGT32DC000046 · NIDCD · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI Catherine Emily Carr, Matthew J. Goupell · 1994 to 2026
$7.5M
Developmental effects of early hearing loss on auditory information processingR01DC011555 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI KLUG, ACHIM, TOLLIN, DANIEL J · 2012 to 2021
$4.4M
From microscale structure to population coding of normal and learned behaviorR01NS104911 · NINDS · ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE, INC · PI DEBELLO, WILIAM MCINTYRE, ELLISMAN, MARK H · 2017 to 2021
$3.3M
The contributions of age related changes in the sound localization pathway to central hearing lossR01DC017924 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO DENVER · PI KLUG, ACHIM, TOLLIN, DANIEL J · 2019 to 2023
$2.9M
Development of Temporal Fine structureR01DC019341 · NIDCD · UNIV OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK · PI CARR, CATHERINE EMILY · 2021 to 2025
$1.6M
Myelination Deficits Underlying Auditory Issues in Fragile X SyndromeR15HD105231 · NICHD · OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY STILLWATER · PI MCCULLAGH, ELIZABETH ANNE · 2021 to 2025
$1.4M
Constraints on binaural sensitivity via bilateral bone conductionR21DC017213 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI BROWN, ANDREW DENNIS · 2019 to 2021
$480k
NICHD NIH HHS R15 HD105231NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC007690NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC011555NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC017924NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC019341NIDCD NIH HHS R21 DC017213NIDCD NIH HHS T32 DC000046NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS104911
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A rich history of comparative research in the auditory field has afforded a synthetic view of sound information processing by ears and brains. Some organisms have proven to be powerful models for human hearing due to fundamental similarities (e.g., well-matched hearing ranges), while others feature intriguing differences (e.g., atympanic ears) that invite further study. Work across diverse "non-traditional" organisms, from small mammals to avians to amphibians and beyond, continues to propel auditory science forward, netting a variety of biomedical and technological advances along the way. In this brief review, limited primarily to tetrapod vertebrates, we discuss the continued importance of comparative studies in hearing research from the periphery to central nervous system with a focus on outstanding questions such as mechanisms for sound capture, peripheral and central processing of directional/spatial information, and non-canonical auditory processing, including efferent and hormonal effects.

Indexed as

Auditory PerceptionHearingAnimalsEarHearing TestsHumansMammalsSoundAuditory systemBone conductionComparative biologyDirectional hearingEarsHearing

Identifiers

PMID37084504
PMCPMC10321136
OpenAlexW4362672638

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Registered trials

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