A critical period can be defined as a developmental window during which specific
experience has a greater effect than at other times. Musical behavior involves many skills …

Restoration of auditory input through the use of hearing aids has been proposed as a
potentially important means of altering tinnitus among those tinnitus sufferers who …

Topical aminoglycoside ear drops are theoretically acknowledged to be potentially ototoxic
when administered in the presence of a tympanic membrane perforation. Although the …

It is well established that restricted mechanical lesions of the cochlea result in reorganization
of the tonotopic map in the auditory thalamus and cortex, but it is unclear whether acoustic …

Many studies have reported plastic changes in central auditory frequency organization after
chronic cochlear lesions. These studies employed mechanical, acoustic or drug-induced …

As a consequence of rearing newborn kittens in an abnormal acoustic environment, the
cochleotopic representation in primary auditory cortex (AI) develops abnormally. Kittens …

In previous studies, we demonstrated that acute lesions the spiral ganglion (SG), the cells of
origin of the auditory nerve (AN), change the frequency organization of the inferior colliculus …

In the present study, anatomical projections from the medial geniculate body (MGB) to
primary auditory cortex (AI) were investigated in normal adult cats and in animals that were …

There is a growing body of research that shows evidence of central neural reorganization in
response to lesions in the auditory periphery, even if the lesions occur in maturity. This …

Background Noise induced injury of the cochlea causes shifts in activation thresholds and
changes of frequency response in the inferior colliculus (IC). Noise overexposure also …