Prolonged Exposure of CBA/Ca Mice to Moderately Loud Noise Can Cause Cochlear Synaptopathy but Not Tinnitus or Hyperacusis as Assessed With the Acoustic Startle Reflex

Hearing loss changes the auditory brain, sometimes maladaptively. When deprived of cochlear input, central auditory neurons become more active spontaneously and begin to respond more strongly and synchronously to better preserved sound frequencies. This spontaneous and sound-evoked central hyperacti...

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Main Author: Martin Pienkowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2018-03-01
Series:Trends in Hearing
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2331216518758109