Hidden hearing loss selectively impairs neural adaptation to loud sound environments

Hidden hearing loss (HHL) arises through subtle damage to the synapses of hair cells in the inner ear before audiograms reveal hearing threshold shifts. Here, the authors report that HHL in a mouse model disrupts the neural encoding of loud sound environments in the central auditory system.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Warren Michael Henry Bakay, Lucy Anne Anderson, Jose Alberto Garcia-Lazaro, David McAlpine, Roland Schaette
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06777-y