Audiogram of the non-echolocating Straw-colored Fruit Bat (Eidolon helvum)
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Data from: Heffner, R.S., Koay, G., and Heffner, H.E. (2006) Hearing in large (Eidolon helvum) and small (Cynopterus brachyotis) non-echolocating fruit bats. Hearing Research 221, 17-25.
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Absolute thresholds (in dB re 20 碌Pa) for two Straw-colored Fruit Bats (designated A and B)
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A |
B |
Average |
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|
.8 |
84.5 |
77 |
81 |
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|
1 |
73 |
69.5 |
71.5 |
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|
2 |
51.5 |
49 |
50.5 |
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4 |
30 |
27.5 |
29 |
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5.6 |
20 |
18.5 |
19.5 |
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8 |
12 |
8 |
10 |
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10 |
13 |
12 |
12.5 |
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12.5 |
18 |
16.5 |
17.5 |
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16 |
24.5 |
25 |
25 |
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20 |
15.5 |
12 |
14 |
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25 |
24.5 |
20.5 |
22.5 |
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|
32 |
38.5 |
34.5 |
36.5 |
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|
40 |
56 |
54.5 |
55.5 |
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45 |
73.5 |
77.5 |
75.5 |
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Lowest and highest frequencies audible at sound
pressure levels (SPL) ranging from 30 to 70 dB SPL
|
SPL (in dB) |
Lowest audible frequency (in kHz) |
Highest audible frequency (in kHz) |
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70 |
1.05 |
43.5 |
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60 |
1.38 |
41.3 |
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50 |
2.05 |
37.7 |
|
40 |
2.83 |
33.7 |
|
30 |
3.85 |
29.0 |
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听Additional Parameters:
Body weight = 300 g
Functional interaural distance= 145 碌s
(Time required for sound to travel around the head from one auditory meatus to the other.)
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Comments: Threshold values taken from original data