Heffner, Rickye S

Rickye S Heffner
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Professor Emerita
Professor, Psychology , College of Arts and Letters

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rickye.heffner@utoledo.edu

selected publications

Article (Faculty180)
- 2019
  
  Bats are unusually insensitive to short-duration, low-frequency tones. Journal of Comparative Physiology A,. 205:583-594.
- 2019
  
  Normal audiogram but poor sensitivity to brief sounds in mice with compromised voltage-gated sodium channels (Scn8a medJ).. Hearing Research. 374:1-4.
Article (Web of Science)
- 2020
  
  Hearing in Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus): sensitivity to infrasound. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00359-020-01446-2 PMID: 33025058
- 2020
  
  Hearing and sound localization in Cottontail rabbits, Sylvilagus floridanus. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY. 206:543-552.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00359-020-01424-8 PMID: 32488424
- 2019
  
  Bats are unusually insensitive to brief low-frequency tones. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY. 205:583-594.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00359-019-01349-x PMID: 31147738
- 2019
  
  Normal audiogram but poor sensitivity to brief sounds in mice with compromised voltage-gated sodium channels (Scn8a (medJ)). HEARING RESEARCH. 374:1-4.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2019.01.001
- 2016
  
  Budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus) do not hear infrasound: the audiogram from 8 Hz to 10 kHz. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY. 202:853-857.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00359-016-1125-9
- 2016
  
  Volumes of cochlear nucleus regions in rodents. HEARING RESEARCH. 339:161-174.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2016.07.003
- 2015
  
  Sound localization in common vampire bats: Acuity and use of the binaural time cue by a small mammal. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. 137:42-52.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1121/1.4904529
- 2014
  
  Audiogram of the chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) from 2 Hz to 9 kHz. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY. 200:863-870.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00359-014-0929-8
- 2014
  
  Hearing in alpacas (Vicugna pacos): Audiogram, localization acuity, and use of binaural locus cues. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. 135:778-788.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1121/1.4861344
- 2013
  
  Conditioned suppression/avoidance as a procedure for testing hearing in birds: The domestic pigeon (Columba livia). BEHAVIOR RESEARCH METHODS. 45:383-392.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3758/s13428-012-0269-y
- 2013
  
  Hearing in American leaf-nosed bats. IV: The Common vampire bat, Desmodus rotundus. HEARING RESEARCH. 296:42-50.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2012.09.011
- 2010
  
  Use of Binaural Cues for Sound Localization in Two Species of Phyllostomidae The Greater Spear-Nosed Bat (Phyllostomus hastatus) and the Short-Tailed Fruit Bat (Carollia perspicillata). JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY. 124:447-454.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1037/a0021154
- 2010
  
  Laboratory rats (Rattus norvegicus) do not use binaural phase differences to localize sound. HEARING RESEARCH. 265:54-62.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2010.02.011
- 2010
  
  Use of binaural cues for sound localization in large and small non-echolocating bats: Eidolon helvum and Cynopterus brachyotis. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. 127:3837-3845.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1121/1.3372717
- 2010
  
  Explaining High-Frequency Hearing. ANATOMICAL RECORD-ADVANCES IN INTEGRATIVE ANATOMY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY. 293:2080-2082.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ar.21292
- 2008
  
  Comparison of behavioral and auditory brainstem response measures of threshold shift in rats exposed to loud sound. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. 124:1093-1104.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1121/1.2949518
- 2008
  
  Sound localization acuity and its relation to vision in large and small fruit-eating bats: II. Non-echolocating species, Eidolon helvum and Cynopterus brachyotis. HEARING RESEARCH. 241:80-86.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2008.05.001
- 2007
  
  Sound-localization acuity and its relation to vision in large and small fruit-eating bats: I. Echolocating species, Phyllostomus hastatus and Carollia perspicillata. HEARING RESEARCH. 234:1-9.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2007.06.001
- 2007
  
  Hearing ranges of laboratory animals. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR LABORATORY ANIMAL SCIENCE. 46:20-22.
- 2006
  
  Hearing in large (Eidolon helvum) and small (Cynopterus brachyotis) non-echolocating fruit bats. HEARING RESEARCH. 221:17-25.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2006.06.008
- 2004
  
  Primate hearing from a mammalian perspective. The Anatomical Record. 281A:1111-1122.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/ar.a.20117
- 2004
  
  Reply to the letter of J. Guo and Y. Chen. HEARING RESEARCH. 198:146-147.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2004.05.004
- 2003
  
  Hearing in American leaf-nosed bats. II: Carollia perspicillata. HEARING RESEARCH. 178:27-34.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/s0378-5955(03)00025-x
- 2003
  
  Hearing in American leaf-nosed bats. III: Artibeus jamaicensis. HEARING RESEARCH. 184:113-122.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/s0378-5955(03)00233-8
- 2002
  
  Behavioral audiograms of homozygous medJ mutant mice with sodium channel deficiency and unaffected controls. HEARING RESEARCH. 171:111-118.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/s0378-5955(02)00492-6
- 2002
  
  Cross-modal neuroplasticity in neonatally enucleated hamsters: structure, electrophysiology and behaviour. European Journal of Neuroscience. 15:693-712.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2002.01902.x
- 2002
  
  Hearing in American leaf-nosed bats. I: Phyllostomus hastatus. HEARING RESEARCH. 171:96-102.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/s0378-5955(02)00458-6
- 2001
  
  An investigation of sensory deficits underlying the aphasia-like behavior of macaques with auditory cortex lesions. Neuroreport. 12:1217-1221.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200105080-00032
- 2001
  
  Audiograms of five species of rodents: implications for the evolution of hearing and the perception of pitch. HEARING RESEARCH. 157:138-152.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/s0378-5955(01)00298-2
- 2001
  
  Sound localization in a new-world frugivorous bat, Artibeus jamaicensis: Acuity, use of binaural cues, and relationship to vision. JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. 109:412-421.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1121/1.1329620
- 1999
  
  Free-field audiogram of the Japanese macaque (Macaca fuscata). JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. 106:3017-3023.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1121/1.428121
- 1999
  
  Sound localization in an old-world fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus): Acuity, use of binaural cues, and relationship to vision.. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY. 113:297-306.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.113.3.297
- 1998
  
  Hearing in a megachiropteran fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus).. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY. 112:371-382.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.112.4.371
- 1998
  
  Passive sound-localization ability of the big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus). HEARING RESEARCH. 119:37-48.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/s0378-5955(98)00037-9
- 1997
  
  Audiogram of the big brown bat (Eptesicus fuscus). HEARING RESEARCH. 105:202-210.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/s0378-5955(96)00208-0
- 1997
  
  Audiogram of the fox squirrel (Sciurus niger).. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY. 111:100-104.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.111.1.100
- 1996
  
  Sound localization in chinchillas III: Effect of pinna removal. HEARING RESEARCH. 99:13-21.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/s0378-5955(96)00074-3
- 1995
  
  Sound localization in chinchillas. II. Front/back and vertical localization. HEARING RESEARCH. 88:190-198.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/0378-5955(95)00112-h
- 1994
  
  Audiogram of the hooded Norway rat. HEARING RESEARCH. 73:244-247.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/0378-5955(94)90240-2
- 1994
  
  Hearing in prairie dogs: Transition between surface and subterranean rodents. HEARING RESEARCH. 73:185-189.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/0378-5955(94)90233-x
- 1994
  
  Sound localization in chinchillas. I: Left/right discriminations. HEARING RESEARCH. 80:247-257.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/0378-5955(94)90116-3
- 1993
  
  Degenerate hearing and sound localization in naked mole rats (Heterocephalus glaber), with an overview of central auditory structures. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY. 331:418-433.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/cne.903310311
- 1992
  
  Hearing and sound localization in blind mole rats (Spalax ehrenbergi). HEARING RESEARCH. 62:206-216.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/0378-5955(92)90188-s
- 1992
  
  Hearing in large mammals: Sound-localization acuity in cattle (Bos taurus) and goats (Capra hircus).. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY. 106:107-113.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.106.2.107
- 1992
  
  Visual factors in sound localization in mammals. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY. 317:219-232.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/cne.903170302
- 1991
  
  Behavioral hearing range of the chinchilla. HEARING RESEARCH. 52:13-16.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/0378-5955(91)90183-a
- 1991
  
  Objective auditory threshold estimation using sine-wave derived responses. HEARING RESEARCH. 55:109-116.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/0378-5955(91)90097-s
- 1990
  
  Effect of bilateral auditory cortex lesions on absolute thresholds in Japanese macaques. JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 64:191-205.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1152/jn.1990.64.1.191
- 1990
  
  Effect of bilateral auditory cortex lesions on sound localization in Japanese macaques. JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 64:915-931.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1152/jn.1990.64.3.915
- 1990
  
  Hearing in domestic pigs (Sus scrofa) and goats (Capra hircus). HEARING RESEARCH. 48:231-240.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/0378-5955(90)90063-u
- 1990
  
  Vestigial hearing in a fossorial mammal, the pocket gopher (Geomys bursarius). HEARING RESEARCH. 46:239-252.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/0378-5955(90)90005-a
- 1989
  
  Cortical deafness cannot account for the inability of Japanese macaques to discriminate species-specific vocalizations. Brain and Language. 36:275-285.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/0093-934x(89)90065-5
- 1989
  
  Effect of restricted cortical lesions on absolute thresholds and aphasia-like deficits in Japanese macaques.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 103:158-169.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.103.1.158
- 1989
  
  Sound Localization, Use of Binaural Cues and the Superior Olivary Complex in Pigs. BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION. 33:248-258.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1159/000115932
- 1989
  
  Unilateral auditory cortex ablation in macaques results in a contralateral hearing loss. JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 62:789-801.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1152/jn.1989.62.3.789
- 1988
  
  Sound localization acuity in the cat: Effect of azimuth, signal duration, and test procedure. HEARING RESEARCH. 36:221-232.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/0378-5955(88)90064-0
- 1988
  
  Sound localization and use of binaural cues by the gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus).. Behavioral Neuroscience. 102:422-428.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.102.3.422
- 1988
  
  Sound localization in a predatory rodent, the northern grasshopper mouse (Onychomys leucogaster).. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY. 102:66-71.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.102.1.66
- 1987
  
  Localization of noise, use of binaural cues, and a description of the superior olivary complex in the smallest carnivore, the least weasel (Mustela nivalis).. Behavioral Neuroscience. 101:701-708.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.101.5.701
- 1986
  
  Effect of unilateral and bilateral auditory cortex lesions on the discrimination of vocalizations by Japanese macaques. JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 56:683-701.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1152/jn.1986.56.3.683
- 1986
  
  Hearing loss in Japanese macaques following bilateral auditory cortex lesions. JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 55:256-271.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1152/jn.1986.55.2.256
- 1986
  
  Localization of tones by horses: Use of binaural cues and the role of the superior olivary complex.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 100:93-103.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.100.1.93
- 1985
  
  Hearing in Mammals: The Least Weasel. Journal of Mammalogy. 66:745-755.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.2307/1380801
- 1985
  
  Hearing in two cricetid rodents: Wood rat (Neotoma floridana) and grasshopper mouse (Onychomys leucogaster).. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PSYCHOLOGY. 99:275-288.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.99.3.275
- 1985
  
  Hearing range of the domestic cat. HEARING RESEARCH. 19:85-88.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/0378-5955(85)90100-5
- 1985
  
  Sound localization in wild Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus). HEARING RESEARCH. 19:151-155.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/0378-5955(85)90119-4
- 1984
  
  Hearing loss in dogs after lesions of the brachium of the inferior colliculus and medial geniculate. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY. 230:207-217.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1002/cne.902300206
- 1984
  
  Sound localization in large mammals: Localization of complex sounds by horses.. Behavioral Neuroscience. 98:541-555.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.98.3.541
- 1984
  
  Temporal lobe lesions and perception of species-specific vocalizations by macaques. SCIENCE. 226:75-76.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1126/science.6474192
- 1983
  
  Hearing in large mammals: Horses (Equus caballus) and cattle (Bos taurus).. Behavioral Neuroscience. 97:299-309.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.97.2.299
- 1983
  
  The Role of the Corticospinal Tract in the Evolution of Human Digital Dexterity. BRAIN BEHAVIOR AND EVOLUTION. 23:165-183.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1159/000121494
- 1982
  
  Hearing in the elephant (Elephas maximus): Absolute sensitivity, frequency discrimination, and sound localization.. Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology. 96:926-944.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.96.6.926
- 1980
  
  Hearing in the Elephant ( Elephas maximus ). SCIENCE. 208:518-520.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1126/science.7367876
Book Chapter (Web of Science)
- 2014
  
  The Behavioral Study of Mammalian Hearing. Perspectives on Auditory Research. 269-285.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-9102-6_15
- 2012
  
  Behavioral Tests for Tinnitus in Animals. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research. 21-58.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3728-4_2
Editorial Material (Web of Science)
- 2018
  
  Comments on "Killer whale (Orcinus orca) behavioral audiograms" [J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 141, 2387-2398 (2017)] (L). JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA. 500-503.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1121/1.5021771
- 1990
  
  A syringe-pump food-paste dispenser. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers. 449-450.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3758/bf03203193
Letter (Web of Science)
- 2018
  
  Comment on Greene et al.: Spatial hearing ability of the pigmented Guinea pig (Cavia porcellus): Minimum audible angle and spatial release from masking in azimuth. HEARING RESEARCH. 302-303.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2018.10.005
- 2010
  
  Explaining High-Frequency Hearing. ANATOMICAL RECORD-ADVANCES IN INTEGRATIVE ANATOMY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY. 2080-2082.
- 2010
  
  Response to Manley: An evolutionary perspective on middle ears. HEARING RESEARCH. 1-1.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2010.08.012
- 2007
  
  Speaking out about U.S. science output. SCIENCE. 913-913.
- 2005
  
  The sound-localization ability of cats. JOURNAL OF NEUROPHYSIOLOGY. 3653-3653.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1152/jn.00720.2005
Note (Web of Science)
- 1982
  
  Role of the elephant pinna in sound localization. Animal Behaviour. 628-630.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/s0003-3472(82)80078-x
Proceedings Paper (Web of Science)
- 2018
  
  The Evolution of Mammalian Hearing. STELLAR POLARIMETRY: FROM BIRTH TO DEATH.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1063/1.5038516

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