Publications

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Charlton, P.E., Burke, K., Kobrina, A., Lauer, A.M., and Dent, M.L. (2024). The perception of mouse ultrasonic vocalizations by laboratory mice following intense noise exposure. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 155, 867-878.

Burke, K., Ohman, K.O., Manohar, S., and Dent, M.L. (2022). Blast trauma affects production and perception of mouse ultrasonic vocalizations. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 151, 817-830.

Burke, K., Screven, L.A., Kobrina, A., Charlton, P.E., Schrode, K., Villavisanis, D.F., Dent, M.L., and Lauer, A.M. (2022). Effects of noise exposure and aging on behavioral tone detection in quiet and noise by mice. eNeuro.

Cai, H., and Dent, M.L. (2022). Dimensionally specific attention capture in birds performing an auditory streaming task. Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 1-12.

Erbe, C., Dent, M.L., Gannon, W.L., McCauley, R.D., Romer, H., Southall, B., Stansbury, A.L., Stoeger, A.S., Thomas, J.A. (2022). The effects of noise on animals. Exploring Animal Behavior Through Sound: Volume 1, Erbe, C., and Thomas, J.A. (Eds.), Springer, Cham., pp. 459-506.

Schrode, K.M., Dent, M.L., and Lauer, A.M. (2022). Sources of variability in auditory brainstem response thresholds in a mouse model of noise-induced hearing loss. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 152, 3576-3582.

Burke, K., Manohar, S., and Dent, M.L. (2021). Long term changes to auditory sensitivity following blast trauma in mice. Hearing Research 403, 108201.

book coverScreven, L.A., and Dent, M.L. (2021). Sonic and ultrasonic sound perception and processing. Neuroendocrine Regulation of Animal Vocalization, Rosenfeld, C., and Hoffmann, F. (Eds.), Academic Press, London, pp. 217-231.

Cai, H., and Dent, M.L. (2020). Attention capture in birds performing an auditory streaming task. PLoS One 15, e0235420.

Cai, H., and Dent, M.L. (2020). Best sensitivity of temporal modulation transfer functions in laboratory mice matches the amplitude modulation embedded in vocalizations. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 147, 337-349.

Kobrina, A., and Dent, M.L. (2020). The effects of age and sex on the detection of pure tones by adult CBA/CaJ mice (Mus musculus). Journal of Neuroscience Research. Special Issue on Age-Related Hearing Loss (Invited Article) 98, 1731-1744.

Kobrina, A., Schrode, K.M., Screven, L.A., Javaid, H., Weinberg, M.M., Brown, G., Board, R., Villavisanis, D.F., Dent, M.L., and Lauer, A.M. (2020). Linking anatomical and physiological markers of auditory system degeneration with behavioral hearing assessments in a mouse (Mus musculus) model of age-related hearing loss. Neurobiology of Aging 96, 87-103.

Charlton, P.E., Schatz, K.C., Burke, K., Paul, M.J., and Dent, M.L. (2019). Sex differences in auditory brainstem response audiograms from vasopressin-deficient Brattleboro and wild-type Long-Evans rats. PLoS One 14, e0222096.

Kobrina, A., and Dent, M.L. (2019). The effects of age and sex on the detection of pure tones by adult CBA/CaJ mice (Mus musculus). Journal of Neuroscience Research. Special Issue on Age-Related Hearing Loss.

Lauer, A.M., Dent, M.L., Sun, W., and Xu-Friedman, M.A. (2019). Effects of non-traumatic noise and conductive hearing loss on auditory system function. Neuroscience 407, 182-191.

Screven, L.A., and Dent, M.L. (2019). Perception of ultrasonic vocalizations by socially housed and isolated mice. eNeuro, ENEURO-0049.

Screven, L.A., and Dent, M.L. (2019). Social isolation produces no effect on ultrasonic vocalization production in adult female CBA/CaJ mice. PLoS One 14, e0213068.

Burke, K., Screven, L.A., and Dent, M.L. (2018). CBA/CaJ mouse ultrasonic vocalizations depend on prior social experience. PLoS ONE 13, e0197774.

Cai, H., Screven L.A., and Dent, M.L. (2018). Behavioral measurements of auditory streaming and build-up by budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus). The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 144, 1508-1516.

Dent, M.L. (2018). Introduction to rodent bioacoustics, in Rodent Bioacoustics, M.L. Dent, A.N. Popper, and R.R. Fay (Eds.), Springer, NY, pp. 1-11.

Dent, M.L. and Bee, M.A. (2018). The principles of auditory object formation by nonhuman animals, in Effects of Anthropogenic Noise on Animals, H. Slabbekorn, R.J. Dooling, A.N. Popper, and R.R. Fay (Eds.), Springer, NY, pp. 47-82.

Dent, M.L., Popper, A.N., and Fay, R.R. (2018). Rodent Bioacoustics (Springer Handbook of Auditory Research). Springer, NY.

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Dent, M.L., Screven, L.A., and Kobrina, A. (2018). Hearing in rodents, in Rodent Bioacoustics, M.L. Dent, A.N. Popper, and R.R. Fay (Eds.), Springer, NY, pp. 71-105.

Kobrina, A., Toal, K.L., and Dent, M.L. (2018). Intensity difference limens in adult CBA/CaJ mice (Mus musculus). Behavioural Processes 148, 46-48.

Screven, L. A., and Dent, M. L. (2018). Preference in female laboratory mice is influenced by social experience. Behavioral Processes 157, 171-179.

Flaherty, M.M., Dent, M.L., and Sawusch, J.R. (2017). Experience with speech sounds is not necessary for cue trading by budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus). PLoS ONE 12, e0177676.

Tripi, J.A., Dent, M.L., and Meyer, P.J. (2017). Individual differences in food cue responsivity are associated with acute and repeated cocaine-induced vocalizations, but not cue-induced vocalizations. Psychopharmacology 234, 437-446.

Dent, M.L., Martin, A.K., Flaherty, M.M., and Neilans, E.G. (2016).  Cues for auditory stream segregation of birdsong in budgerigars and zebra finches:  Effects of location, timing, amplitude, and frequency.  The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 139, 674-683.

Kobrina, A., and Dent, M.L. (2016). The effects of aging and sex on detection of ultrasonic vocalizations by adult CBA/CaJ mice (Mus musculus). Hearing Research 341, 119-129.

Screven, L. A., and Dent, M.L. (2016). Discrimination of frequency modulated sweeps by mice. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 140, 1481-1487.

Toal, K.L., Radziwon, K.E., Holfoth, D.P., Xu-Friedman, M.A., and Dent, M.L. (2016).  Audiograms, gap detection thresholds, and frequency difference limens in cannabinoid receptor 1 knockout mice. Hearing Research 332, 217-222.

Neilans, E.G., and Dent, M.L.  (2015).  Temporal coherence for complex signals in budgerigars and humans. Journal of Comparative Psychology 129, 174-180.

Neilans, E.G., and Dent, M.L. (2015). Temporal coherence for pure tones in budgerigars and humans. Journal of Comparative Psychology 129, 52-61.

Holfoth, D., Neilans, E.G., and Dent, M.L. (2014). Discrimination of partial from whole ultrasonic vocalizations using a go/no-go task in mice. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 136, 3401-3409.

Neilans, E.G., Holfoth, D., Radziwon, K.E., Portfors, C.V., and Dent, M.L. (2014). Discrimination of ultrasonic vocalizations by CBA/CaJ mice (Mus musculus) is related to spectrotemporal dissimilarity of vocalizations. PLoS One 9, e85405.

Radziwon, K.E., and Dent, M.L. (2014). Frequency difference limens and auditory cue trading in CBA/CaJ mice (Mus musculus). Behavioural Processes 106, 74-76.

Populin, L, Rajala, A., Yan, Y., and Dent, M.L. (2013). The inferior colliculus encodes the Franssen auditory spatial illusion. The European Journal of Neuroscience 38, 3056-3070.

Ryals, B.M., Dent, M.L., and Dooling, R.J. (2013). Return of function after hair cell regeneration. Hearing Research 297, 113-120.

Toarmino, C., Neilans, E.G., Dent, M.L. (2012). Identification of conspecific calls by budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus). The Yale Review of Undergraduate Research in Psychology.

Radziwon, K.E., Welch, T.E., Cone, J.P., and Dent, M.L. (2011). Identification of auditory distance cues by zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) and budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus). The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 129, 3384-3392.

Welch, T.E., and Dent, M.L. (2011). Lateralization of acoustic signals by dichotically listening budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus). The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 130, 2293-2301.

Dent, M.L., McClaine, E.M., Best, V., Ozmeral, E., Gallun, F.J., Narayan, R., Sen, K., and Shinn-Cunningham, B.G. (2009). Spatial unmasking of birdsong by zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) and budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus). Journal of Comparative Psychology 123, 357-367.

Dent, M.L., Tollin, D.J., and Yin, T.C.T. (2009). Influence of sound source location on the behavior and physiology of the precedence effect in cats. Journal of Neurophysiology 102, 724-734.

Radziwon, K.E., June, K.M., Stolzberg, D.J., Xu-Friedman, M.A., Salvi, R.J., and Dent, M.L. (2009). Behaviorally measured audiograms and gap detection thresholds in CBA/CaJ mice. Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology 195, 961-969.

Welch, T.E., Sawusch, J., and Dent, M.L., (2009). Effects of syllable-final duration on the identification of synthetic speech continua by birds and humans. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 126, 2779-2787.

Dent, M.L., Welch, T.E., McClaine, E., and Shinn-Cunningham, B.G. (2008). Species differences in the identification of acoustic stimuli by birds. Behavioural Processes 77, 184-190.

Dent, M.L., McClaine, E.M., and Welch, T.E. (2007). The Franssen Effect illusion in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus) and zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 112, 3609-3614.

Narayan, R., Best, V., Ozmeral, E., McClaine, E., Dent, M.L., Shinn-Cunningham, B., and Sen, K. (2007). Cortical interference effects in the cocktail party problem. Nature Neuroscience 10, 1601-1607.

Dooling, R.J., Ryals, B.M., Dent, M.L., and Reid, T.L. (2006). Perception of complex sounds in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus) with temporary hearing loss. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 119, 2524-2532.

Dent, M.L., Tollin, D.J., and Yin, T.C.T. (2005). Psychophysical and physiological studies of the precedence effect in cats. Acta Acustica 91, 463-470.

Dent, M.L., and Dooling, R.J. (2004). The precedence effect in three species of birds. Journal of Comparative Psychology 118, 325-331.

Dent, M.L., Tollin, D.J., and Yin, T.C.T. (2004). Cats experience the auditory Franssen Effect illusion. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 116, 3070-3074.

Dent, M.L., and Dooling, R.J. (2003). Investigations of the precedence effect in budgerigars: Effects of stimulus type, intensity, duration, and location. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 113, 2146-2158.

Dent, M.L., and Dooling, R.J. (2003). Investigations of the precedence effect in budgerigars II: Perceived location of auditory images. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 113, 2159-2169.

Dent, M.L., Klump, G.M., and Schwenzfeier, C. (2002). Temporal modulation transfer functions in the barn owl (Tyto alba). Journal of Comparative Physiology A 187, 937-943.

Dooling, R.J., Leek, M.R., Gleich, O., and Dent, M.L. (2002). Auditory temporal resolution in birds: Discrimination of harmonic complexes. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 112, 748-759.

Kubke, M.F., Dent, M.L., Carr, C.E., Hodos, W., and Dooling, R.J. (2002). Nucleus Magnocellularis and Nucleus Laminaris in Belgian Waterslager and normal strain canaries. Hearing Research 164, 19-28.

Dooling, R.J. and Dent, M.L. (2001). New studies on hair cell regeneration in birds. Acoustical Science and Technology 22, 93-99.

Dooling, R.J., Dent, M.L., Leek, M.R., and Gleich, O. (2001). Masking by harmonic complexes in three species of birds: Psychophysical thresholds and cochlear responses. Hearing Research 152, 159-172.

Dent, M.L., Dooling, R.J., and Pierce, A. S. (2000). Frequency discrimination in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus): Effects of tonal duration and tonal context. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 107, 2657-2664.

Leek, M.R., Dent, M.L., and Dooling, R.J. (2000). Masking by harmonic complexes in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus). The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 107, 1737-1744.

Ryals, B.R., Westbrook, W., Dooling, R.J., Dent, M.L., Linzenbold, A.L., and Larsen, O.N. (1999). Avian species differences in susceptibility to noise exposure. Hearing Research 131, 71-88.

Farabaugh, S.M., Dent, M.L., and Dooling, R.J. (1998). Hearing and vocalizations of wild-caught Australian budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus). Journal of Comparative Psychology 112, 74-81.

Dent, M.L., Brittan-Powell, E.F., Dooling, R.J., and Pierce, A. (1997). Discrimination of synthetic /ba/-/wa/ by budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus). The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 102, 1891-1897.

Dent, M.L., Larsen, O.N., and Dooling, R.J. (1997). Free-field binaural unmasking in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus). Behavioral Neuroscience 111, 590-598.