Macrophages in the cochlea; an immunological link between risk factors and progressive hearing loss

K Hough, CA Verschuur, C Cunningham, TA Newman - Glia, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Macrophages are abundant in the cochlea; however, their role in hearing loss is not well
understood. Insults to the cochlea, such as noise or insertion of a cochlear implant, cause an …

Emerging approaches for restoration of hearing and vision

S Kleinlogel, C Vogl, M Jeschke, J Neef… - Physiological …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Impairments of vision and hearing are highly prevalent conditions limiting the quality of life
and presenting a major socioeconomic burden. For a long time, retinal and cochlear …

Frequency map for the human cochlear spiral ganglion: implications for cochlear implants

O Stakhovskaya, D Sridhar, BH Bonham… - Journal for the …, 2007 - Springer
The goals of this study were to derive a frequency–position function for the human cochlear
spiral ganglion (SG) to correlate represented frequency along the organ of Corti (OC) to …

Hearing loss and vestibular schwannoma: new insights into Schwann cells implication

T Mohamed, V Melfi, A Colciago, V Magnaghi - Cell Death & Disease, 2023 - nature.com
Hearing loss (HL) is the most common and heterogeneous disorder of the sensory system,
with a large morbidity in the worldwide population. Among cells of the acoustic nerve (VIII …

[HTML][HTML] Anatomical basis of drug delivery to the inner ear

R Glueckert, LJ Chacko, H Rask-Andersen, W Liu… - Hearing research, 2018 - Elsevier
The isolated anatomical position and blood-labyrinth barrier hampers systemic drug delivery
to the mammalian inner ear. Intratympanic placement of drugs and permeation via the round …

[HTML][HTML] Translational and interdisciplinary insights into presbyacusis: a multidimensional disease

MA Eckert, KC Harris, H Lang, MA Lewis, RA Schmiedt… - Hearing research, 2021 - Elsevier
There are multiple etiologies and phenotypes of age-related hearing loss or presbyacusis. In
this review we summarize findings from animal and human studies of presbyacusis …

Application of mouse models to research in hearing and balance

KK Ohlemiller, SM Jones, KR Johnson - … of the Association for Research in …, 2016 - Springer
Laboratory mice (Mus musculus) have become the major model species for inner ear
research. The major uses of mice include gene discovery, characterization, and …

Finite element analysis and three-dimensional reconstruction of tonotopically aligned human auditory fiber pathways: a computational environment for modeling …

T Potrusil, A Heshmat, S Sajedi, C Wenger, LJ Chacko… - Hearing Research, 2020 - Elsevier
The application of cochlear implants can be studied with computational models. The
electrical potential distribution induced by an implanted device is evaluated with a volume …

Use it or lose it? Lessons learned from the developing brains of children who are deaf and use cochlear implants to hear

KA Gordon, DDE Wong, J Valero, SF Jewell, P Yoo… - Brain topography, 2011 - Springer
In the present paper, we review what is currently known about the effects of deafness on the
developing human auditory system and ask: Without use, does the immature auditory …

Mouse methods and models for studies in hearing

KK Ohlemiller - The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
Laboratory mice have become the dominant animal model for hearing research. The mouse
cochlea operates according to standard “mammalian” principles, uses the same cochlear …