Dramatic results from recent animal experiments show that noise exposure can cause a
selective loss of high-threshold auditory nerve fibers without affecting absolute sensitivity …

Recent physiological studies in several rodent species have revealed that permanent
damage can occur to the auditory system after exposure to a noise that produces only a …

Objectives: Recent animal studies suggest that noise-induced synaptopathy may underlie a
phenomenon that has been labeled hidden hearing loss (HHL). Noise exposure …

Recent work suggests that hair cells are not the most vulnerable elements in the inner ear;
rather, it is the synapses between hair cells and cochlear nerve terminals that degenerate …

Recent animal research has shown that exposure to single episodes of intense noise
causes cochlear synaptopathy without affecting hearing thresholds. It has been suggested …

For decades, we have presumed the death of hair cells and spiral ganglion neurons are the
main cause of hearing loss and difficulties understanding speech in noise, but new findings …

Exposure to loud sound places the auditory system at considerable risk, especially when the
exposure is routine. The current study examined the impact of routine auditory overexposure …

An estimate of lifetime noise exposure was used as the primary predictor of performance on
a range of behavioral tasks: frequency and intensity difference limens, amplitude modulation …

This study tested hypothesized relationships between noise exposure and auditory deficits.
Both retrospective assessment of potential associations between noise exposure history and …

Perceptual abnormalities such as hyperacusis and tinnitus often occur after acoustic
overexposure. Although such exposure can also result in permanent threshold elevation …