Sea Mammal Research Company (SEAMARCO), Julianalaan 46, 3843 CC Harderwijk, The Netherlands.
Department of Ecology and Environmental Protection, Ecological University of Bucharest, Vasile Milea Boulevard 1D, 061341 Bucharest, Romania.
J Acoust Soc Am. 2020 Mar;147(3):1966. doi: 10.1121/10.0000908.
As part of a series of studies to determine frequency-dependent susceptibility to temporary hearing threshold shifts (TTS), two female harbor seals (F01 and F02) were exposed for 60 min to a one-sixth-octave noise band centered at 40 kHz at mean sound pressure levels ranging from 126 to 153 dB re 1 μPa [mean received sound exposure level (SEL) range: 162-189 dB re 1 μPas]. TTSs were quantified at 40, 50, and 63 kHz within 1-4 min of the exposure for F02 and within 12-16 min of the exposure for F01. In F02, significant TTS (1-4 min post exposure) occurred at 40 kHz with SELs of ≥183 dB re 1 μPas and at 50 kHz with SELs of ≥174 dB re 1 μPas. At 63 kHz, TTS occurred with SELs ≥186 dB re 1 μPas. In F01, significant TTS (12-16 min post exposure) occurred only at 50 kHz with SELs of ≥177 dB re 1 μPas. The highest TTSs (27.5 dB in F02, 29.8 dB in F01) occurred at 50 kHz, one-third of an octave above the fatiguing sound's center frequency (SEL = 189 dB re 1 μPas); recovery took 2 days in F02 and 4 days in F01. In most other cases, recovery was within 1 h. The seals have a similar susceptibility to TTS from 4 to 40 kHz.
作为一系列确定频率相关的暂时听阈位移(TTS)易感性的研究的一部分,两只雌性海豹(F01 和 F02)暴露于中心频率为 40 kHz 的六分之一倍频程噪声带中 60 分钟,声压级范围从 126 到 153 dB 相对于 1 μPa[平均接收声暴露级(SEL)范围:162-189 dB 相对于 1 μPas]。在暴露后 1-4 分钟内对 F02 进行了 40、50 和 63 kHz 的 TTS 定量测量,在暴露后 12-16 分钟内对 F01 进行了 40、50 和 63 kHz 的 TTS 定量测量。在 F02 中,在 40 kHz 时 SEL 为≥183 dB 相对于 1 μPas,在 50 kHz 时 SEL 为≥174 dB 相对于 1 μPas 时出现明显的 TTS(暴露后 1-4 分钟)。在 63 kHz 时,TTS 发生在 SEL 为≥186 dB 相对于 1 μPas。在 F01 中,仅在 50 kHz 时 SEL 为≥177 dB 相对于 1 μPas 时出现明显的 TTS(暴露后 12-16 分钟)。最高的 TTS(F02 为 27.5 dB,F01 为 29.8 dB)发生在 50 kHz,比疲劳声音的中心频率(SEL=189 dB 相对于 1 μPas)高一个三分之一倍频程;F02 恢复需要 2 天,F01 需要 4 天。在大多数其他情况下,恢复时间在 1 小时内。海豹对 4 到 40 kHz 的 TTS 具有相似的易感性。