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Publications:
Bill Shofner
Ph.D.
Yost WA,
Shofner WP. (2009) Critical bands and
critical ratios in animal psychoacoustics: an example using chinchilla
data. Journal of the
Acoustical Society of America 125: 315-23.
Shofner, W.P. (2008) Representation
of the spectral dominance
region of pitch in the temporal discharge patterns of cochlear nucleus
units. Journal of the
Acoustical Society of America 124: 3038-52.
Shofner, W.P., Yost, W.A.
and Whitmer, W.M. (2007) Pitch
perception in chinchillas: Stimulus generalization using rippled noise.
Journal of Comparative Psychology. 121: 428-439.
Shofner, W.P., Whitmer,
W.M. and Yost, W.A. (2005) Listening
experience with
iterated rippled noise alters the perception of 'pitch' strength of
complex sounds in the chinchilla. Journal of the Acoustical
Society of America 118: 3187-3197.
Yost, W.A., Mapes-Riordan,
D., Shofner, W., Dye, R., and Sheft,
S. (2005) Pitch
strength of
regular-interval click trains with different length "runs" of regular
intervals. Journal of the
Acoustical Society of America 117:
3054-3068.
Yost, W.A., Mapes-Riordan,
D., Dye, R., Sheft, S., and Shofner,
W. (2005)
Discrimination of first- and second-order regular intervals from random
intervals as a function of highpass filter cutoff frequency. Journal
of the
Acoustical Society of America 117: 59-62.
Shofner, W.P., Sparks, K.,
Wu, Y.E., and Pham, E. (2005) Similarity
of spectral
resolvability in chinchillas and human listeners based on phase
discrimination. Acoustic
Research Letters Online 6: 35-40.
Shofner, W.P. (2005)
Comparative aspects of pitch perception. In
Pitch
Perception (Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, volume 24), (eds.)
C.J.
Plack, A.J. Oxenham, R.R. Fay, and A.N. Popper, pp. 56-98.
Shofner, W.P. (2002) Perception
of the periodicity strength of complex sounds by the chinchilla.
Hearing Research, 173: 69-81.
Shofner, W.P. and Selas,
G. (2002) Pitch
strength and Stevens'
Power Law. Perception &
Psychophysics, 64: 437-450.
Yost, W.A. and Shofner
(2002) Auditory imaging. In Genetics and
the
Function of the Auditory System. (ed.) L. Tranebjaerg, J.
Christensen-Dalsgaard, T. Andersen, and T. Poulsen. Holmens Trykkeri,
Denmark, pp. 353-373.
Shofner, W.P. (2000) Comparison
of frequency discrimination thresholds for complex and single tones in
chinchillas. Hearing
Research, 149: 106-114.
Shofner, W.P. (1999) Responses
of cochlear
nucleus units in the chinchilla to iterated rippled noises: Analysis of
neural autocorrelograms.
Journal of
Neurophysiology 81: 2662-2674.
Riggs, L.C., Shofner,
W.P., Shah, A.R., Young, M.R., Hain, T.C.,
and Matz,
G.J. (1999)
Ototoxicity
resulting from combined administration of metronidazole and gentamicin.
American Journal of Otology 20: 430-434.
Shofner, W.P. and Yost,
W.A. (1997)
Discrimination of
rippled-spectrum noise from flat-spectrum noise by chinchillas:
Evidence for a spectral dominance region. Hearing Research 110:
15-24.
Shofner, W.P., Sheft, S.
and Guzman, S. (1996) Responses
of ventral cochlear
nucleus units in the chinchilla to amplitude modulation by low
frequency,
two-tone complexes. Journal
of the Acoustical Society of America
99:
3592-3605.
Shofner, W.P. and Yost,
W.A. (1995) Discrimination
of
rippled-spectrum noise
from flat_spectrum wideband noise by chinchillas. Auditory
Neuroscience
1:127-138.
Yost, W.A. and Shofner,
W.P. (1995) Psychoacoustics of
frequency
and
intensity processing in the chinchilla. In Fechner Day 95: Proceedings
of
the 11th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Psychophysics.
(ed.) C.-A. Possama•. Minuteman Press, Canada, pp. 85-90.
Shofner, W.P. and Yost,
W.A. (1995) Repetition pitch: Auditory
processing of
rippled noise in the chinchilla. In Advances in Hearing Research. (ed.)
G.A. Manley, G.M. Klump, C. Koppl, H. Fastl, and H. Oeckinghaus. World
Scientific Publishers, Singapore, pp. 477-487.
Shofner, W.P. and Sheft,
S. (1994) Detection
of bandlimited
noise masked by wideband noise in the chinchilla. Hearing
Research 77: 231-235.
Shofner, W.P., Yost, W.A.,
and Sheft, S. (1993)
Increment detection of
bandlimited noises in the chinchilla. Hearing Research 66: 67-80.
Niemiec, A.J., Yost, W.A.,
and Shofner, W.P. (1992) Behavioral
measures of
frequency selectivity in the chinchilla. Journal of the Acoustical
Society of America 92: 2636-2649.
Shofner, W.P. (1991)
Temporal representation of rippled noise in the anteroventral cochlear
nucleus of the chinchilla.
Journal of the Acoustical Society of
America 90: 2450-2466.
Shofner, W.P. and Dye,
R.H., Jr. (1989) Statistical
and receiver
operating characteristic analysis of empirical spike count
distributions: Quantifying the ability of cochlear nucleus units to
signal intensity changes.
Journal of the Acoustical Society of
America 86: 2172-2184.
Young, E.D., Robert, J-M,
and Shofner, W.P. (1988)
Regularity and
latency
of units in the ventral cochlear nucleus: Implications for unit
classification and generation of response properties. Journal of
Neurophysiology 60: 1-29.
Shofner, W.P. (1988)
Postmetamorphic changes in the auditory
system. In The
Evolution of the Amphibian Auditory System. (ed.) B. Fritzsch, T.
Hetherington, M. Ryan, W. Walkoviak and W. Wilczynski. John Wiley &
Sons:
New York. pp. 377-392.
Young, E.D., Shofner,
W.P., White, J.A., Robert, J.-M., and
Voigt, H.F.
(1988) Response properties of cochlear nucleus neurons in relationship
to
physiological mechanisms. In Auditory Function: Neurobiological Bases
of
Hearing. (ed.) G.M. Edelman, W.E. Gall and W.M. Cowan., John Wiley
& Sons:
New York. pp. 277-312.
Shofner, W.P. and Young,
E.D. (1987)
Inhibitory connections
between AVCN and DCN: Evidence from lidocaine injections in AVCN.
Hearing Research 29: 45-53.
Shofner, W.P. and Sachs,
M.B. (1986)
Representation of a low
frequency tone in the discharge rate of populations of auditory nerve
fibers. Hearing Research
21: 91-96.
Sachs, M.B., Young, E.D.,
Winslow, R.L. and Shofner, W.P.
(1986)
Some
aspects of rate coding in the auditory nerve. In Auditory Frequency
Selectivity. (ed.) B.C.J. Moore and R.D. Patterson. Plenum Press:New
York.
pp.121-128.
Feng, A.S. and Shofner,
W.P. (1986) Development of the anuran
auditory
system. In Neural and Behavioral Development vol. 2, (ed.) R.N. Aslin.
Ablex Publishing Corp.:Norwood, NJ. pp. 39-72.
Shofner, W.P. and Young,
E.D. (1985)
Excitatory/inhibitory response types in the cochlear nucleus:
Relationships to discharge patterns and responses to electrical
stimulation of the auditory nerve. Journal of Neurophysiology
54: 917-939.
Shofner, W.P. and Feng,
A.S. (1984)
Quantitative light and
scanning electron microscopic study of the developing auditory organs
of the bullfrog: Implications on their functional characteristics.
Journal of Comparative Neurology 224: 141-154.
Shofner, W.P. and Feng,
A.S. (1983) A
quantitative light
microscopic study of the bullfrog amphibian papilla tectorium:
Correlation with the tonotopic organization. Hearing Research 11:
103-116.
Feng, A.S. and Shofner,
W.P. (1981) Peripheral basis of sound
localization
in anurans. Acoustic properties of the frog's ear. Hearing Research 5:
201-216.
Shofner, W.P. and Feng,
A.S. (1981)
Post-metamorphic development
of the frequency selectivities and sensitivities of the peripheral
auditory system of the bullfrog, Rana catesbeiana. Journal of
Experimental Biology 93: 181-196.
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