The prevalence of hearing problems in the Western world has, due to aging of the
population, doubled over the past 30 years. Thereby, noise-induced hearing loss is an …

Keypoints 1. Tinnitus Retraining Therapy (TRT) is strictly based on the neurophysiological
model of tinnitus. 2. Tinnitus is a phantom auditory perception, ie perception of tinnitus is not …

Now available in a sixth edition, An Introduction to the Psychology of Hearing is the leading
textbook in the field of auditory perception, also known as psychoacoustics. The textbooks …

This book deals with the way that the auditory system processes acoustic signals. The
current edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect the progress that has been made since …

Since the first edition was published in 1998, considerable advances have been made in the
fields of pitch perception and speech perception. In addition, there have been major …

Increased auditory sensitivity, also called hyperacusis, is a pervasive complaint of people
with tinnitus. The high prevalence of hyperacusis in tinnitus subjects suggests that both …

The present study uses a systems engineering approach to delineate the relationship
between tinnitus and hyperacusis as a result of either hearing loss in the ear or an …

A dramatic shift in societal demographics will lead to rapid growth in the number of older
people with hearing deficits. Poorer performance in suprathreshold speech understanding …

Neurons in sensory cortex exhibit a remarkable capacity to maintain stable firing rates
despite large fluctuations in afferent activity levels. However, sudden peripheral …

All acoustic information from the periphery is encoded in the timing and rates of spikes in the
population of spiral ganglion neurons projecting to the central auditory system …