Unique Contributions from Comparative Auditory Research. - Transduction and Amplification in the Ear: Insights from Insects. - Roles for Prestin in Harnessing the Basilar Membrane to the Organ of Corti. - Origin and development of hair-cell orientation in the inner ear. - The Remarkable Ear of Geckos and Pygopods. - Ultrasound Detection in Fishes and Frogs: Discovery and Mechanisms. - The Malleable Middle Ear: an Underappreciated Player in the Evolution of Hearing in Vertebrates. - Auditory Brainstem Processing in Reptiles and Amphibians: Roles of Coupled Ears. - Modern Imaging Techniques as a Window to Prehistoric Auditory Worlds. - Emu and Kiwi: The Ear and Hearing in Paleognathous Birds. - Diversity in Hearing in Fishes: Ecoacoustical Communicative and Developmental Constraints. - Reptile Auditory Neuroethology: What do Reptiles do with Their Hearing?. - Advances in Understanding the Auditory Brain of Songbirds. Language: English