A recent survey lists more than 100 papers utilizing the auditory evoked potential (AEP) recording technique for studying hearing in fishes. More than 95 % of these AEP-studies were published after Kenyon et al. introduced a non-invasive electrophysiological approach in 1998 allowing rapid evaluation of hearing and repeated testing of animals. First, our review compares AEP hearing thresholds to behaviorally gained thresholds. Second, baseline hearing abilities are described and compared in 111 fish species out of 51 families. Following this, studies investigating the functional significance of various accessory hearing structures (Weberian ossicles, swim bladder, otic bladders) by eliminating these morphological structures in various ways are dealt with. Furthermore, studies on the ontogenetic development of hearing are summarized. The AEP-technique was frequently used to study the effects of high sound/noise levels on hearing in particular by measuring the temporary threshold shifts after exposure to various noise types (white noise, pure tones and anthropogenic noises). In addition, the hearing thresholds were determined in the presence of noise (white, ambient, ship noise) in several studies, a phenomenon termed masking. Various ecological (e.g., temperature, cave dwelling), genetic (e.g., albinism), methodical (e.g., ototoxic drugs, threshold criteria, speaker choice) and behavioral (e.g., dominance, reproductive status) factors potentially influencing hearing were investigated. Finally, the technique was successfully utilized to study acoustic communication by comparing hearing curves with sound spectra either under quiet conditions or in the presence of noise, by analyzing the temporal resolution ability of the auditory system and the detection of temporal, spectral and amplitude characteristics of conspecific vocalizations.

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鱼类听觉诱发电位测听

最近的一项调查列出了 100 多篇利用听觉诱发电位 (AEP) 记录技术研究鱼类听力的论文。这些 AEP 研究中有超过 95% 是在 Kenyon 等人之后发表的。1998 年引入了一种非侵入性电生理方法，允许快速评估听力和重复测试动物。首先，我们的审查将 AEP 听力阈值与行为获得的阈值进行了比较。其次，描述和比较了 51 个科的 111 种鱼类的基线听力能力。在此之后，研究通过以各种方式消除这些形态结构来研究各种辅助听力结构（韦伯听小骨、鳔、耳囊）的功能意义。此外，还总结了听力个体发育的研究。AEP 技术经常用于研究高声级/噪声水平对听力的影响，特别是通过测量暴露于各种噪声类型（白噪声、纯音和人为噪声）后的临时阈值偏移。此外，在多项研究中，听力阈值是在存在噪声（白噪声、环境噪声、船舶噪声）的情况下确定的，这种现象称为掩蔽。调查了可能影响听力的各种生态（例如，温度、洞穴居所）、遗传（例如，白化病）、系统性（例如，耳毒性药物、阈值标准、说话者选择）和行为（例如，优势、生殖状态）因素。最后，该技术通过在安静条件下或存在噪声的情况下将听力曲线与声谱进行比较，成功地用于研究声学通信，