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

Objective: Short-term noise exposure that induces transient changes in thresholds has
induced permanent cochlear synaptopathy in multiple species. Here, the literature was …

Objective: A discussion on whether recent research on noise-induced cochlear neuropathy
in rodents justifies changes in current regulation of occupational noise exposure. Design …

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 …

Noise exposure that causes a temporary threshold shift but no permanent threshold shift can
cause degeneration of synaptic ribbons and afferent nerve fibers, with a corresponding …

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

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 …

Purpose Complaints of auditory perceptual deficits, such as tinnitus and difficulty
understanding speech in background noise, among individuals with clinically normal …

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

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 …