title: Audiogram of the chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) from 2 Hz to 9 kHz.
abstract: The pure-tone thresholds of four domestic female chickens were determined from 2 Hz to 9 kHz using the method of conditioned suppression/avoidance. At a level of 60 dB sound pressure level (re 20 μN/m(2)), their hearing range extends from 9.1 Hz to 7.2 kHz, with a best sensitivity of 2.6 dB at 2 kHz. Chickens have better sensitivity than humans for frequencies below 64 Hz; indeed, their sensitivity to infrasound exceeds that of the homing pigeon. However, when threshold testing moved to the lower frequencies, the animals required additional training before their final thresholds were obtained, suggesting that they may perceive frequencies below 64 Hz differently than higher frequencies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, NE, 68849, USA.
authors.forename: Evan M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: Gimseong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Koay
authors.forename: Rickye S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Heffner
authors.forename: Henry E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Heffner
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D000162:Acoustics; D000818:Animals; D001299:Audiometry; D001309:Auditory Threshold / Q000502:physiology*; D001362:Avoidance Learning / Q000502:physiology; D002645:Chickens / Q000502:physiology*; D003214:Conditioning, Classical / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006309:Hearing / Q000502:physiology*; D018058:Tympanic Membrane Perforation / Q000503:physiopathology
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