Conditioned suppression/avoidance as a procedure for testing hearing in birds: The domestic pigeon (Columba livia)

Heffner, Henry E.; Koay, Gimseong; Hill, Evan M.; Heffner, Rickye S.

doi:10.3758/s13428-012-0269-y

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“…The sound classification task was based on the conditioned suppression of drinking behavior because the method has proven to be both robust and efficient in a variety of species (Heffner and Heffner, 1995;Heffner et al, 2013). Classical conditioning methods also have been used successfully for tinnitus screening (Jastreboff et al, 1988;Brennan and Jastreboff, 1991;Jastreboff and Sasaki, 1994).…”

Section: Sound Classification Trainingmentioning

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Improving the Reliability of Tinnitus Screening in Laboratory Animals

Jones

May

2016

JARO

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Behavioral screening remains a contentious issue for animal studies of tinnitus. Most paradigms base a positive tinnitus test on an animal's natural tendency to respond to the Bsound^of tinnitus as if it were an actual sound. As a result, animals with tinnitus are expected to display soundconditioned behaviors when no sound is present or to miss gaps in background sounds because tinnitus Bfills in the gap.^Reliable confirmation of the behavioral indications of tinnitus can be problematic because the reinforcement contingencies of conventional discrimination tasks break down an animal's tendency to group tinnitus with sound. When responses in silence are rewarded, animals respond in silence regardless of their tinnitus status. When responses in silence are punished, animals stop responding. This study introduces stimulus classification as an alternative approach to tinnitus screening. Classification procedures train animals to respond to the common perceptual features that define a group of sounds (e.g., high pitch or narrow bandwidth). Our procedure trains animals to drink when they hear tinnitus and to suppress drinking when they hear other sounds. Animals with tinnitus are revealed by their tendency to drink in the presence of unreinforced probe sounds that share the perceptual features of the tinnitus classification. The advantages of this approach are illustrated by taking laboratory rats through a testing sequence that includes classification training, the experimental induction of tinnitus, and postinduction screening. Behavioral indications of tinnitus are interpreted and then verified by simulating a known tinnitus percept with objective sounds.

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Section: Sound Classification Trainingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Improving the Reliability of Tinnitus Screening in Laboratory Animals

Jones

May

2016

JARO

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“…Although hearing in the Western Capercaillie has not been studied, the ability to hear these low frequencies is probable. Hearing of infrasound has been documented for homing pigeons ( Heffner et al, 2013 ; Kreithen & Quine, 1979 ), the domestic chicken ( Hill et al, 2014 ), and the guinea fowl ( Theurich, Langner & Scheich, 1984 ). While a low frequency vocalization might be advantageous and increase the fitness of the male Western Capercaillie, it is apparent that the low-frequency phase correlates with the period of temporary deafness which is known only during the Whetting phase, which is used by hunters of this otherwise very shy bird ( Bray & Thurlow, 1942 ).…”

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Low frequencies in the display vocalization of the Western Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)

Hart

Policht

Jandák

et al. 2020

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Only a few bird species are known to produce low-frequency vocalizations. We analyzed the display vocalizations of Western Capercaillie males kept in breeding centers and identified harmonically structured signals with a fundamental frequency of 28.7 ± 1.2 Hz (25.6–31.6 Hz). These low-frequency components temporally overlap with the Whetting phase (96% of its duration) and they significantly contribute to the distinct vocal expression between individuals. The resulting model of discrimination analysis classified 67.6% vocalizations (63%, cross-validated result) correctly to the specific individual in comparison to the probability by chance of 12.5%. We discuss a possible function of low-frequency components that remains unclear. The occurrence of such low frequencies is surprising as this grouse is substantially smaller than cassowaries (Southern cassowary Casuarius casuarius and Dwarf cassowary Casuarius bennetti) , the species that produces similarly low frequencies. Because these low frequency components temporarily overlap with the Whetting phase, they are hardly audible from a distance larger than several meters.

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“…In contrast, auditory function is relatively unaffected with age in both starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) [187] and barn owls (Tyto alba) [188]. (Interestingly, this phenomenon has not been studied in pigeons due to technical difficulties associated with this species [189]). A remarkable regenerative capacity of avian hair cells is believed to underlie the maintenance of auditory function in aging birds [190].…”

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New Perspectives on Avian Models for Studies of Basic Aging Processes

Harper

Holmes

2021

Biomedicines

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Avian models have the potential to elucidate basic cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the slow aging rates and exceptional longevity typical of this group of vertebrates. To date, most studies of avian aging have focused on relatively few of the phenomena now thought to be intrinsic to the aging process, but primarily on responses to oxidative stress and telomere dynamics. But a variety of whole-animal and cell-based approaches to avian aging and stress resistance have been developed—especially the use of primary cell lines and isolated erythrocytes—which permit other processes to be investigated. In this review, we highlight newer studies using these approaches. We also discuss recent research on age-related changes in neural function in birds in the context of sensory changes relevant to homing and navigation, as well as the maintenance of song. More recently, with the advent of “-omic” methodologies, including whole-genome studies, new approaches have gained momentum for investigating the mechanistic basis of aging in birds. Overall, current research suggests that birds exhibit an enhanced resistance to the detrimental effects of oxidative damage and maintain higher than expected levels of cellular function as they age. There is also evidence that genetic signatures associated with cellular defenses, as well as metabolic and immune function, are enhanced in birds but data are still lacking relative to that available from more conventional model organisms. We are optimistic that continued development of avian models in geroscience, especially under controlled laboratory conditions, will provide novel insights into the exceptional longevity of this animal taxon.

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Conditioned suppression/avoidance as a procedure for testing hearing in birds: The domestic pigeon (Columba livia)

Cited by 20 publications

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Improving the Reliability of Tinnitus Screening in Laboratory Animals

Improving the Reliability of Tinnitus Screening in Laboratory Animals

Low frequencies in the display vocalization of the Western Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)

New Perspectives on Avian Models for Studies of Basic Aging Processes

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