Listeners with normal audiometric thresholds can still have suprathreshold deficits, for
example, in the ability to discriminate sounds in complex acoustic scenes. One likely source …

Permanent threshold elevation after noise exposure or aging is caused by loss of sensory
cells; however, animal studies show that hair cell loss is often preceded by degeneration of …

Evidence from animal and human studies suggests that moderate acoustic exposure,
causing only transient threshold elevation, can nonetheless cause “hidden hearing loss” that …

Cochlear neuropathy, ie the loss of auditory nerve fibers (ANFs) without loss of hair cells,
may cause hearing deficits without affecting threshold sensitivity, particularly if the subset of …

Acoustic overexposure can cause a permanent loss of auditory nerve fibers without
destroying cochlear sensory cells, despite complete recovery of cochlear thresholds, as …

Little is known about how outer hair cell loss interacts with noise-induced and age-related
auditory nerve degradation (ie, cochlear synaptopathy) to affect auditory brainstem response …

Many listeners with hearing thresholds within the clinically normal range nonetheless
complain of difficulty hearing in everyday settings and understanding speech in noise …

The healthy auditory system enables communication in challenging situations with high
levels of background noise. Yet, despite normal sensitivity to pure tones, many listeners …

Cochlear synaptopathy, ie the loss of auditory-nerve connections with cochlear hair cells, is
seen in aging, noise damage, and other types of acquired sensorineural hearing loss …

Cochlear synaptopathy (or hidden hearing loss), due to noise exposure or aging, has been
demonstrated in animal models using histological techniques. However, diagnosis of the …