Animal studies demonstrate that noise exposure can permanently damage the synapses
between inner hair cells and auditory nerve fibers, even when outer hair cells are intact and …

Abstract Models of the human auditory periphery range from very basic functional
descriptions of auditory filtering to detailed computational models of cochlear mechanics …

This study tested hypothesized relationships between noise exposure and auditory deficits.
Both retrospective assessment of potential associations between noise exposure history and …

The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that listeners with frequent exposure to
loud music exhibit deficits in suprathreshold auditory performance consistent with cochlear …

Music and speech are encountered daily and are unique to human beings. Both are
transformed by the auditory pathway from an initial acoustical encoding to higher level …

Hidden hearing loss (HHL), a recently described auditory disorder, has been proposed to
affect auditory neural processing and hearing acuity in subjects with normal audiometric …

In rodents, noise exposure can destroy synapses between inner hair cells and auditory
nerve fibers (“cochlear synaptopathy”) without causing hair cell loss. Noise-induced …

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

Cochlear synaptopathy (or the loss of primary auditory synapses) remains a subclinical
condition of uncertain prevalence. Here, we investigate whether it affects humans and …

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 …