Age-related difficulties in speech understanding may arise from a decrease in the neural
representation of speech sounds. A loss of outer hair cells or decrease in auditory nerve …

Objective: To clarify how the pure-tone threshold (PTT) on the PTA predicts speech
perception (SP) in elderly Japanese persons. Methods: Data on PTT and SP were cross …

Association Between Sex and Speech Auditory Brainstem Responses in Adults, and
Relationship to Sex Hormone Levels - PMC Back to Top Skip to main content NIH NLM Logo …

Introduction. Estrogen has a protective role on auditory function. It may have an excitatory
action on auditory nerve fibers and can have a neuroprotective effect. Progesterone has a …

Introduction: Binaurally evoked auditory evoked potentials have good diagnostic values
when testing subjects with central auditory deficits. The literature on speech-evoked auditory …

Objective: To determine the presence of sex differences in cochlear implant outcomes. Study
Design: Retrospective chart review. Setting: Tertiary referral center. Patients: Adult patients …

Background: Brain is the most sensitive organ, whereas brainstem is the most important part
of Central Nervous System (CNS). It connects the brain and the spinal cord. However, a …

Purpose The aim of the present study was to assess the vestibuloocular reflex (VOR) gain
function and VOR gain asymmetry during the various phases of the menstrual cycle in young …

Materials and Methods Twenty healthy females volunteers participated for the study and
their otolith-ocular system was evaluated using oVEMP in three phases of the same cycle …

African American race and female sex are identified as protective for hearing sensitivity. 29
The mechanisms supporting this protection are not fully understood and it is unclear 30 …