Age-related central gain compensation for reduced auditory nerve output for people with normal audiograms, with and without tinnitus

Summary: Central gain compensation for reduced auditory nerve output has been hypothesized as a mechanism for tinnitus with a normal audiogram. Here, we investigate if gain compensation occurs with aging. For 94 people (aged 12–68 years, 64 women, 7 tinnitus) with normal or close-to-normal audiogram...

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Main Authors: Peter T. Johannesen, Enrique A. Lopez-Poveda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:iScience
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258900422100626X