Dramatic results from recent animal experiments show that noise exposure can cause a
selective loss of high-threshold auditory nerve fibers without affecting absolute sensitivity …

Occupational noise exposure accounts for approximately 16% of all disabling hearing
losses, but the true value and societal costs may be grossly underestimated because current …

Many individuals with seemingly normal hearing abilities struggle to understand speech in
noisy backgrounds. To understand why this might be the case, we investigated the neural …

Objectives: To determine whether auditory brainstem response (ABR) wave I amplitude is
associated with measures of auditory perception in young people with normal distortion …

Standard audiometric evaluations are not sensitive enough to identify hidden hearing loss
(HHL) and/or cochlear synaptopathy (CS). Patients with either of these conditions frequently …

Listeners with normal hearing show considerable individual differences in speech
understanding when competing speakers are present, as in a crowded restaurant. Here, we …

A current initiative in auditory neuroscience research is to better understand why some
listeners struggle to perceive speech-in-noise (SIN) despite having normal hearing …

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the functions of cochlear structures and the distal part of auditory
nerve as well as dead regions within the cochlea in individuals with normal hearing with or …

Noise levels are truly continuous in relatively few occupations, with some degree of
intermittency the most common condition. The sound levels of intermittent noise are often …

Hearing loss affects approximately 18% of the population worldwide. Hearing difficulties in
noisy environments without accompanying audiometric threshold shifts likely affect an even …