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Table 3 Acoustic differences of mouse pup vocalizations at age P15-16 in relation to hearing ability (deaf, normally hearing)

From: Mice do not require auditory input for the normal development of their ultrasonic vocalizations

Acoustic parameters

deaf

hearing

P values

Duration [ms]

23.8 ± 15.2

32.1 ± 18.5

0.121

Amplitude gap [ms]

0.90 ± 2.64

0.85 ± 2.96

0.915

PF start [kHz]

81.1 ± 14.0

76.5 ± 9.5

0.076

PF max [kHz]

86.6 ± 14.7

83.2 ± 10.24

0.152

PF max loc [rel.]

0.51 ± 0.32

0.49 ± 0.32

0.627

PF jump [kHz]

3.0 ± 7.0

5.1 ± 7.0

0.234

PF jump loc [rel.]

0.41 ± 0.30

0.39 ± 0.29

0.550

Slope of trend

0.08 ± 0.29

0.06 ± 0.23

0.655

  1. Scores show mean and s.d., P values are not corrected for multiple testing