Conductive hearing loss during development does not appreciably alter the sharpness of cochlear tuning

Abstract An increasing number of studies show that listeners often have difficulty hearing in situations with background noise, despite normal tuning curves in quiet. One potential source of this difficulty could be sensorineural changes in the auditory periphery (the ear). Signal in noise detection...

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Main Authors: Yi Ye, Antje Ihlefeld, Merri J. Rosen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-02-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83115-1