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SUBMITTER: Wolf SE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5532180 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wolf Sarah E SE Swaddle John P JP Cristol Daniel A DA Buchser William J WJ
Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO 20170330 4
Mercury contamination from mining and fossil fuel combustion causes damage to humans and animals worldwide. Mercury exposure has been implicated in mammalian hearing impairment, but its effect on avian hearing is unknown. In this study, we examined whether lifetime dietary mercury exposure affected hearing in domestic zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) by studying their auditory brainstem responses (ABRs). Zebra finches exposed to mercury exhibited elevated hearing thresholds, decreased amplitu ...[more]