Manuscripts:

Dent, M.L., Brittan-Powell, E.F., Dooling, R.J., and Pierce, A. (1997).  Discrimination of synthetic /ba/-/wa/ by budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus).  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.

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. 

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.

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

Dooling, R.J., Lohr, B., and Dent, M.L. (2000).  Hearing in Birds and Reptiles.  Chapter in Comparative Hearing:  Birds and Reptiles (Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, V. 13), edited by R.J. Dooling, R.R. Fay, and A.N. Popper, Springer-Verlag Publishers.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Dent, M.L., and Dooling, R.J. (2003).  Investigations of the precedence effect in budgerigars:  Effects of stimulus type, intensity, duration, and location.  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.  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 113, 2159-2169.

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.  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 116, 3070-3074.

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. 

Leek, M.R., Dooling, R.J., Gleich, O., and Dent, M.L. (2005). Discrimination of temporal fine structure by birds and mammals, Auditory Signal Processing: Physiology, Psychophysics, and Models, D. Pressnitzer, A. de Cheveigne, S. McAdams, and L. Collet (Eds.), Springer, NY, pp. 471-475.

Tollin, D.J., Dent, M.L., and Yin, T.C.T. (2005). Psychophysical and physiological studies of the precedence effect and echo threshold in the behaving cat, Auditory Signal Processing: Physiology, Psychophysics, and Models, D. Pressnitzer, A. de Cheveigne, S. McAdams, and L. Collet (Eds.), Springer, NY, pp. 429-435.

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.  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 119, 2524-2532.

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

Dent, M.L.,  McClaine, E.M., and Welch, T.E. (2007). The Franssen effect illusion in budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus) and zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 122,  3609–3614.

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

Dooling, R.J., Dent, M.L., Lauer, A.M., and Ryals, B.M. (2008).  Functional recovery following hair cell regeneration in birds, Hair Cell Regeneration, Repair, and Protection, R. Salvi, A. Popper, and R. Fay (Eds.), Springer, NY, pp. 117-140.

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. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 126, 2779-2787.

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. (2004).  The influence of sound source position on free-field measurements of the precedence effect in cats.  Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Daytona Beach, FL.

Yin, T.C.T., Tollin, D.J., and Dent, M.L. (2004).  Physiological correlates of behavior in the inferior colliculus:  studies of the precedence effect.  Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Daytona Beach, FL.

Dent, M.L., Weinstein, J.M., and Populin, L.C. (2005).  Localization of stimuli that produce the Franssen Effect in mammals.  Association for Research in Otolaryngology, New Orleans, LA.

Dent, M.L., and McClaine, E.M. (2006).  Characteristics of the Franssen Effect in Birds.  Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Baltimore, MD.

Dent, M.L., McClaine, E.M., Shinn-Cunningham, B., Best, V., Ozmeral, E., Gallun, E., Sen, K., and Narayan, R. (2006).  An avian cocktail party:  Masking and unmasking in birds.  Acoustical Society of America, Honolulu, HI.

Dent, M.L., McClaine, E.M., Shinn-Cunningham, B., Best, V., Ozmeral, E., Narayan, R., Gallun, E., and Sen, K. (2007).  Spatial unmasking of birdsong by budgerigars and zebra finches.  Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Denver, CO.

Welch, T.E., Dent, M.L., and Sawusch, J.R. (2007). Effects of syllable-final duration variation on the identification of synthetic /ba/-wa/ and /bas/-/was/ speech continua by humans and birds. Acoustical Society of America, New Orleans, LA.

Welch, T.E., McClaine, E.M., and Dent, M.L. (2007).  The auditory “Franssen Effect” illusion in zebra finches and budgerigars.  Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Denver, CO.

Cone, J.P., and Dent, M.L. (2008).  Spatial unmasking of pure tones in broadband noise by zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata).  Acoustical Society of America Conference, Miami, FL.

Cone, J.P., Wersinger, S.M., and Dent, M.L. (2008).  Changes in the rate of  ultrasonic calling across the reproductive cycle in female mice.  Acoustic Communication by Animals Conference, Corvallis, OR.

Cone, J.P., Wersinger, S.M., and Dent, M.L. (2008).  Changes in the rate of  ultrasonic calling across the estrous cycle in mice (Mus musculus).  Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC.

Dent, M.L. (2008).  The cocktail party effect in birds.  Acoustic Communication by Animals Conference, Corvallis, OR.

Radziwon, K.E., Stolzberg, D.J., Salvi, R.J., and Dent, M.L. (2008).  Behavioral audiograms in CBA/CaJ mice.  Acoustic Communication by Animals Conference, Corvallis, OR.

Radziwon, K.E., Stolzberg, D.J., and Dent, M.L. (2008).  Audiogram for CBA/CaJ mice using the method of constant stimuli.  Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Phoenix, AZ.

Welch, T.E., and Dent, M.L. (2008).  Species Differences in the Identification of Acoustic Stimuli by Birds.  Acoustic Communication by Animals Conference, Corvallis, OR.

Welch, T.E., Dent, M.L., and Sawusch, J.R. (2008).  Speech perception by humans and birds:  Effects of syllable duration.  Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Phoenix, AZ.

Dent, M.L., Shinn-Cunningham, B.G., and Sen, K. (2009).  Comparative studies of the cocktail party problem using birdsong.  Acoustical Society of America, Portland, OR.

Garcia, K.A., Rajaram, S., Sen, K., Shinn-Cunningham, B.G., and Dent, M.L. (2009).  Auditory streaming of birdsong in budgerigars and zebra finches.  Acoustical Society of America Conference, San Antonio, TX.

Radziwon, K.E., June, K.M., Xu-Friedman, M., Salvi, R.R., and Dent, M.L. (2009).  Behaviorally measured gap detection thresholds in CBA/CaJ mice. Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Baltimore, MD.

Radziwon, K.E., June, K.M., Xu-Friedman, M., Salvi, R.R., and Dent, M.L. (2009).  Behaviorally measured audiograms and gap detection thresholds in mice.  International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne, FL.

Welch, T.E., and Dent, M.L. (2009).  Psychophysical characteristics of the Franssen Illusion in humans and birds: Effects of time and intensity.  Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Baltimore, MD.

Welch, T.E., and Dent, M.L. (2009).  The effects of time and intensity on the auditory Franssen Effect illusion in birds and humans.  International Conference on Comparative Cognition, Melbourne, FL.

Garcia, K.A., Rajaram, S., Sen, K., Shinn-Cunningham, B.G., and Dent, M.L. (2010). The effects of frequency content on auditory streaming in budgerigars and zebra finches. Acoustical Society of America, Baltimore, MD.

Garcia, K.A., Welch, T.E., Rajaram, S., Sen, K., Shinn-Cunningham, B.G., and Dent, M.L. (2010). Acoustic factors influencing auditory streaming in budgerigars and zebra finches. Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Anaheim, CA.

June, K.M., Radziwon, K.E., Xu-Friedman, M.A., Salvi, R.J., and Dent, M.L. (2010). Sound localization acuity in the CBA/CaJ mouse (Mus musculus). Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Anaheim, CA.

Neilans, E.G., Welch, T.E., Maddox, R., Shinn-Cunningham, B.G., and Dent, M.L. (2010). Are all syllables perceived equally? A comparative analysis of song syllable perception in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) and budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus). Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Anaheim, CA.

Radziwon, K.E., and Dent, M.L. (2010). Distance perception by non-territorial zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) and budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus). Acoustical Society of America, Baltimore, MD.

Radziwon, K.E., Neilans, E.G., and Dent, M.L. (2010). Female and male mice vocalize in response to auditory playbacks of mouse ultrasonic vocalizations. Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Anaheim, CA.

Radziwon, K.E., Welch, T.E., Cone, J.P., and Dent, M.L. (2010). Identification of auditory distance cues by zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata) and budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus). Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Anaheim, CA.

Welch, T.E., Garcia, K.A., and Dent, M.L. (2010). Binaural sensitivity to ITDs and ILDs in the budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus). Acoustical Society of America, Baltimore, MD.

Welch, T.E., Garcia, K.A., and Dent, M.L. (2010). Lateralization of acoustic stimuli by budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus). Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Anaheim, CA.