1. Characteristic frequencies (CF), spontaneous rates (SR), and thresholds were recorded
from single fibers in the auditory nerves of gerbils aged for 36 mo in a quiet vivarium. The …

Exposure to intense sound or noise can result in purely temporary threshold shift (TTS), or
leave a residual permanent threshold shift (PTS) along with alterations in growth functions of …

Recent work in mouse showed that acoustic overexposure can produce a rapid and
irreversible loss of cochlear nerve peripheral terminals on inner hair cells (IHCs) and a slow …

Objective: To investigate speech stimuli and background-noise-dependent changes in
cortical auditory-evoked potentials (CAEPs) in unaided and aided conditions, and determine …

Recent studies have reported that noise exposure at relatively low intensities can cause
temporary threshold shifts (TTS) in hearing. However, the mechanism underlying the TTS is …

Tinnitus and hyperacusis are life-disrupting perceptual abnormalities that are often
preceded by acoustic overexposure. Animal models of overexposure have suggested a link …

Noise-induced hidden hearing loss (NIHHL) has attracted great attention in hearing
research and clinical audiology since the discovery of significant noise-induced synaptic …

Age-related cochlear synaptopathy (CS) has been shown to occur in rodents with minimal
noise exposure, and has been hypothesized to play a crucial role in age-related hearing …

Cochlear synaptopathy, the loss of or damage to connections between auditory-nerve fibers
(ANFs) and inner hair cells (IHCs), is a prominent pathology in noise-induced and age …

The classic view of sensorineural hearing loss has been that the primary damage targets are
hair cells and that auditory nerve loss is typically secondary to hair cell degeneration …