Acoustic wave response to groove arrays in model ears

Author:

Keeley Brian W.ORCID,Keeley Annika T. H.

Abstract

Many mammals and some owls have parallel grooved structures associated with auditory structures that may be exploiting acoustic products generated by groove arrays. To test the hypothesis that morphological structures in the ear can manipulate acoustic information, we expose a series of similar-sized models with and without groove arrays to different sounds in identical conditions and compare their amplitude and frequency responses. We demonstrate how two different acoustic signals are uniquely influenced by the models. Depending on multiple factors (i.e., array characteristics, acoustic signal used, and distance from source) the presence of an array can increase the signal strength of select spectral components when compared to a model with no array. With few exceptions, the models with arrays increased the total amplitude of acoustic signals over that of the smooth model at all distances we tested up to 160 centimeters. We conclude that the ability to uniquely alter the signal based on an array’s characteristics is evolutionarily beneficial and supports the concept that different species have different array configurations associated with their biological needs.

Publisher

Public Library of Science (PLoS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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