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Audiograms are sharply tuned to a frequency close to the second harmonic of the pulse. The tuning, which is much sharper than previously reported for any vertebrate receptor, provides a mechanism whereby the bat can effectively perceive echoes even during periods of pulse-echo overlap.
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Pollak et al. (1972) studied this question.
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