This review covers the basic anatomy and physiology of the olivocochlear reflexes and the
use of otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) in humans to monitor the effects of one group, the …

Training programs aimed to alleviate or improve auditory-cognitive abilities have either
experienced mixed success or remain to be fully validated. The limited benefits of such …

Objectives To evaluate the effect of contralateral acoustic stimuli on speech identification
scores and to correlate this effect to contralateral suppression of evoked otoacoustic …

Cholinergic efferent neurons originating in the brainstem innervate the acoustico-lateralis
organs (inner ear, lateral line) of vertebrates. These release acetylcholine (ACh) to inhibit …

The role of the mammalian auditory olivocochlear efferent system in hearing has long been
the subject of debate. Its ability to protect against damaging noise exposure is clear, but …

A common complaint of children with auditory processing disorders (APD) is difficulty in
understanding speech in the presence of background noise. Evidence from animal and …

Active cochlear micromechanisms, involved in auditory sensitivity, are modulated by the
medial olivocochlear efferent system, which projects directly onto the organ of Corti. Both …

The mammalian auditory system contains descending pathways that originate in the cortex
and relay at various intermediate levels before reaching the peripheral sensory organ of …

Reading disability is associated with phonological problems which might originate in
auditory processing disorders. The aim of the present study was 2-fold: first, the perceptual …

The medial olivocochlear (MOC) bundle reduces the gain of the cochlear amplifier through
reflexive activation by sound. Physiological results indicate that MOC-induced reduction in …