Non-Monotonic Relation Between Noise Exposure Severity and Neuronal Hyperactivity in the Auditory Midbrain

The occurrence of tinnitus can be linked to hearing loss in the majority of cases, but there is nevertheless a large degree of unexplained heterogeneity in the relation between hearing loss and tinnitus. Part of the problem might be that hearing loss is usually quantified in terms of increased heari...

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Main Authors: Lara Li Hesse, Warren Michael Henry Bakay, Hui Ching Ong, Lucy Anne Anderson, Jonathan Ashmore, David McAlpine, Jennifer F. Linden, Roland Schaette
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fneur.2016.00133/full