Techniques for measuring efferent effects using otoacoustic emissions are now well
developed and have promise in clinical applications ranging from predicting which patients …

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

This fully updated and revised sixth edition of Hearing: An Introduction to Psychological and
Physiological Acoustics provides a comprehensive introduction for graduate students and …

An extensive corticofugal system extends from the auditory cortex toward subcortical nuclei
along the auditory pathway. Corticofugal influences reach even into the inner ear via the …

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

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 …

Contralateral suppression of click evoked otoacoustic emissions (CEOAEs) is widely used
as a non-invasive measure of the activity of the (uncrossed) medial olivocochlear bundle …

The efferent system of the ear possesses several distinct functions, in particular noise
protection, mediation of selective attention and improvement of signal to noise ratio. It also …

One of the putative functions of the medial olivocochlear (MOC) system is to enhance signal
detection in noise. The objective of this study was to elucidate the role of the MOC system in …