Purpose Hyperacusis can be extremely debilitating, and at present, there is no cure. We
provide an overview of the field, and possible related areas, in the hope of facilitating future …

High sound levels capable of permanently damaging the ear are experienced not only in
factories and war zones but in concert halls, nightclubs, sports stadiums, and many other …

Clinical audiometry has long focused on determining the detection thresholds for pure tones,
which depend on intact cochlear mechanics and hair cell function. Yet many listeners with …

Evidence from animal and human studies suggests that moderate acoustic exposure,
causing only transient threshold elevation, can nonetheless cause “hidden hearing loss” that …

Many listeners with hearing thresholds within the clinically normal range nonetheless
complain of difficulty hearing in everyday settings and understanding speech in noise …

In social settings, speech waveforms from nearby speakers mix together in our ear canals.
Normally, the brain unmixes the attended speech stream from the chorus of background …

The pure-tone audiogram, though fundamental to audiology, presents limitations, especially
in the case of central auditory involvement. Advances in auditory neuroscience underscore …

Children with listening difficulties, but normal audiometry, may be diagnosed with APD. The
diagnosis is typically based on poor performance on tests of perception of both non-speech …

Many people with difficulties following conversations in noisy settings have “clinically
normal” audiograms, that is, tone thresholds better than 20 dB HL from 0.1 to 8 kHz. This …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify the main factors that differentiate
listeners with clinically normal or “near-normal” hearing with regard to their speech-in-noise …