Insights from Comparative Hearing Research

Unique Contributions from Comparative Auditory Research.- Transduction and Amplification in the Ear: Insights from Insects.- Roles for Prestin in Harnessing the Basilar Membrane to the Organ of Corti.- Origin and development of hair-cell orientation in the inner ear.- The Remarkable Ear of Geckos and Pygopods.- Ultrasound Detection in Fishes and Frogs: Discovery and Mechanisms.- The Malleable Middle Ear: an Underappreciated Player in the Evolution of Hearing in Vertebrates.- Auditory Brainstem Processing in Reptiles and Amphibians: Roles of Coupled Ears.- Modern Imaging Techniques as a Window to Prehistoric Auditory Worlds.- Emu and Kiwi: The Ear and Hearing in Paleognathous Birds.- Diversity in Hearing in Fishes: Ecoacoustical, Communicative, and Developmental Constraints.- Reptile Auditory Neuroethology: What do Reptiles do with Their Hearing?.- Advances in Understanding the Auditory Brain of Songbirds.