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  • Animal Behavior
  • Bioacoustics
  • Auditory Neuroscience

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  • Vocal behavior development is influenced by auditory feedback.
  • Species-specific effects of hearing loss on vocalizations are known.
  • Feline vocalizations provide a model to study auditory feedback's role.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of auditory feedback on feline vocal behavior.
  • To analyze vocalizations of normal-hearing, hearing-impaired, and deaf cats.
  • To understand the ontogenetic development of cat vocalizations in relation to hearing ability.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of 13,874 vocalizations from 11 cats (normal-hearing, hearing-impaired, deaf).
  • Vocalizations recorded in a soundproof booth from 2 weeks to 4 months of age.
  • Automated procedure for vocalization detection, segmentation, and acoustic analysis (fundamental frequency, harmonic ratio).

Main Results:

  • Congenitally deaf cats showed delayed developmental sequences in vocalizations.
  • Hearing-impaired and deaf cats exhibited differences in vocal loudness, duration, and acoustic structure.
  • Deaf cats had a higher and more variable harmonic ratio, indicating incomplete maturation of vocal control.

Conclusions:

  • Auditory feedback significantly affects the acoustic structure and developmental trajectory of cat vocalizations.
  • Vocal apparatus maturation is influenced by auditory feedback.
  • Neuronal motor control of vocalizations in cats is dependent on auditory input.