Joeri Bruyninckx (2013), Sound Science: Recording and Listening in the Biology of Bird Song, 1880-1980. PhD Thesis, Maastricht University, Maastricht.
You can read a synopsis of the thesis here.
Alexandra Supper (2012), Lobbying for the Ear: The Public Fascination with and Academic Legitimacy of the Sonification of Scientific Data. PhD Thesis, Maastricht University, Maastricht.
You can download and read the entire thesis here.