Man-made noise in the oceans: irrelevant or irreparable? (Plenary lecture)
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| Title | Man-made noise in the oceans: irrelevant or irreparable? (Plenary lecture) |
| Publication Type | Conference Paper |
| Year of Publication | 1998 |
| Authors | Ketten, D. R. |
| Conference Name | World Marine Mammal Conference; joint meeting, European Cetacean Society and the Society for Marine Mammalogy |
| Publisher | European Cetacean Society and the Society for Marine Mammalogy |
| Conference Location | Monaco |
| Call Number | DRK8544 |
| Keywords | acoustic trauma, anthropogenic sound, auditory pathology, behavior, blast trauma, conservation, explosive trauma, hearing, hearing loss, hearing pathology, IEBT, impulse noise, inner ear, inner ear barotrauma, marine mammals, noise, noise exposure, permanent threshold shift, PTS, sonar, temporary threshold shift, trauma, TTS |
| Abstract | Marine mammals, and whales in particular, present an interesting hearing paradox. On one hand, marine mammal ears physically resemble land mammal ears and it is likely hearing damage occurs by similar mechanisms in both groups; i.e., from increases in ambient noise. On the other hand, marine mammals evolved in a relatively high noise environment, which may mean they have "tougher" inner ears that are less subject to hearing loss. What is our current understanding of the hazards from a hearing view point that man-made noise in the oceans is expected to produce? |
- acoustic trauma
- anthropogenic sound
- auditory pathology
- behavior
- blast trauma
- conservation
- explosive trauma
- hearing
- hearing loss
- hearing pathology
- IEBT
- impulse noise
- inner ear
- inner ear barotrauma
- man made noise
- marine mammals
- noise
- noise exposure
- oceans
- permanent threshold shift
- plenary lecture
- PTS
- sonar
- temporary threshold shift
- trauma
- TTS
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