Preface -- An Introduction to Rodent Bioacoustics -- Rodent Vocalizations: Adaptations to Physical, Social, and Sexual Factors -- Three Decades of Subterranean Acoustic Communication Studies -- Hearing in Rodents -- Rodent Sound Localization and Spatial Hearing -- Anatomy of Vocal Communication and Hearing in Rodents -- Lessons from Rodent Models for Genetic and Age-Related Hearing Loss -- State and Context in Vocal Communication of Rodents. .

Rodents are the largest of all mammalian taxa. Rodent studies have provided invaluable data about hearing. Thus, this volume provides an overview of what is known (and not known) about rodent bioacoustics. · An Introduction to Rodent Bioacoustics Micheal L. Dent · Rodent Vocalizations: Adaptations to Physical, Social, and Sexual Factors Kazuo Okanoya and Laurel A. Screven · Three Decades of Subterranean Acoustic Communication Studies Cristian Schleich and Gabriel Francescoli · Hearing in Rodents Micheal L. Dent, Laurel A. Screven, and Anastasiya Kobrina · Rodent Sound Localization and Spatial Hearing Amanda M. Lauer, James H. Engel, Jr., and Katrina Schrode · Anatomy of Vocal Communication and Hearing in Rodents M. Fabiana Kubke and J. Martin Wild · Lessons from Rodent Models for Genetic and Age-Related Hearing Loss Kevin K. Ohlemiller · State and Context in Vocal Communication of Rodents Laura M. Hurley and Matina C. Kalcounis-Rueppell Micheal L. Dent is Professor in the Department of Psychology at The State University of New York at Buffalo Richard R. Fay is Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology at Loyola University Chicago Arthur N. Popper is Professor Emeritus and Research Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Maryland, College Park.