An automated approach for conditioning and testing the hearing of gerbils.
A simple, inexpensive hardware and software protocol is described for conditioning and testing hearing of gerbils with minimal experimenter involvement. Behavioral thresholds correspond closely with data which employ nonautomated procedures. Partial source listings of the programs written in the 'C' programming language are provided.
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School of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Kent State University, OH 44242.
D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000818:Animals; D001362:Avoidance Learning / Q000502:physiology*; D001330:Electronic Data Processing; D005849:Gerbillinae / Q000502:physiology*; D006309:Hearing / Q000502:physiology*; D012107:Research Design; D012984:Software