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View article: A modiolar-pillar gradient in auditory-nerve dendritic length: a novel post-synaptic contribution to dynamic range?
A modiolar-pillar gradient in auditory-nerve dendritic length: a novel post-synaptic contribution to dynamic range? Open
Auditory-nerve fibers (ANFs) from a given cochlear region can vary in threshold sensitivity by up to 60 dB, corresponding to a 1000-fold difference in stimulus level, although each fiber innervates a single inner hair cell (IHC) via a sing…
View article: Lack of Oncomodulin Increases ATP-Dependent Calcium Signaling and Susceptibility to Noise in Adult Mice
Lack of Oncomodulin Increases ATP-Dependent Calcium Signaling and Susceptibility to Noise in Adult Mice Open
Tight regulation of Ca 2+ is crucial for the function of cochlear outer hair cells (OHCs). Dysregulation of Ca 2+ homeostasis in OHCs is associated with impaired hearing and contributes to increased vulnerability to insults such as noise e…
View article: On the Difficulty Predicting Word Recognition Performance After Cochlear Implantation
On the Difficulty Predicting Word Recognition Performance After Cochlear Implantation Open
Hypothesis Preimplantation word scores cannot reliably predict postimplantation outcomes. Background To date, there is no model based on preoperative data that can reliably predict the postoperative outcomes of cochlear implantation in the…
View article: Large-scale annotated dataset for cochlear hair cell detection and classification
Large-scale annotated dataset for cochlear hair cell detection and classification Open
Our sense of hearing is mediated by cochlear hair cells, of which there are two types organized in one row of inner hair cells and three rows of outer hair cells. Each cochlea contains 5 - 15 thousand terminally differentiated hair cells, …
View article: Large-scale annotated dataset for cochlear hair cell detection and classification
Large-scale annotated dataset for cochlear hair cell detection and classification Open
Our sense of hearing is mediated by cochlear hair cells, of which there are two types organized in one row of inner hair cells and three rows of outer hair cells. Each cochlea contains 5 - 15 thousand terminally differentiated hair cells, …
View article: Large-scale annotated dataset for cochlear hair cell detection and classification
Large-scale annotated dataset for cochlear hair cell detection and classification Open
Our sense of hearing is mediated by cochlear hair cells, of which there are two types organized in one row of inner hair cells and three rows of outer hair cells. Each cochlea contains 5 - 15 thousand terminally differentiated hair cells, …
View article: Large-scale annotated dataset for cochlear hair cell detection and classification
Large-scale annotated dataset for cochlear hair cell detection and classification Open
This is the dataset behind the Hair Cell Analysis Toolbox (HCAT)
View article: Large-scale annotated dataset for cochlear hair cell detection and classification
Large-scale annotated dataset for cochlear hair cell detection and classification Open
Our sense of hearing is mediated by cochlear hair cells, localized within the sensory epithelium called the organ of Corti. There are two types of hair cells in the cochlea, which are organized in one row of inner hair cells and three rows…
View article: Ultrastructure of noise-induced cochlear synaptopathy
Ultrastructure of noise-induced cochlear synaptopathy Open
Overexposure to noise can eliminate synaptic connections between inner hair cells (IHCs) and auditory nerve fibers (ANFs), even if hair-cell function recovers. This noise-induced synaptopathy has been extensively studied in confocal micros…
View article: Large-scale annotated dataset for cochlear hair cell detection and classification
Large-scale annotated dataset for cochlear hair cell detection and classification Open
This is the dataset behind the Hair Cell Analysis Toolbox (HCAT)
View article: Supporting-cell vs. hair-cell survival in the human cochlea: Implications for regenerative therapies
Supporting-cell vs. hair-cell survival in the human cochlea: Implications for regenerative therapies Open
Animal studies have shown that the supporting-cells surviving in the organ of Corti after cochlear insult can be transdifferentiated into hair cells as a treatment for sensorineural hearing loss. Clinical trials of small-molecule therapeut…
View article: Three-dimensional quantification of fibrosis and ossification after cochlear implantation via virtual re-sectioning: Potential implications for residual hearing
Three-dimensional quantification of fibrosis and ossification after cochlear implantation via virtual re-sectioning: Potential implications for residual hearing Open
View article: Imaging of excised cochleae by micro-CT: staining, liquid embedding, and image modalities
Imaging of excised cochleae by micro-CT: staining, liquid embedding, and image modalities Open
Assessing the complex three-dimensional (3D) structure of the cochlea is crucial to understand fundamental aspects of signal transduction in the inner ear and is a prerequisite for the development of novel cochlear implants (CIs). Phase-co…
View article: Dopaminergic and cholinergic innervation in the mouse cochlea after noise-induced or age-related synaptopathy
Dopaminergic and cholinergic innervation in the mouse cochlea after noise-induced or age-related synaptopathy Open
View article: Inner hair cell synapse density influences auditory processing
Inner hair cell synapse density influences auditory processing Open
Loss of synapses between spiral ganglion neurons and inner hair cells (IHC synaptopathy), leads to an auditory neuropathy called hidden hearing loss (HHL) characterized by normal auditory thresholds but reduced amplitude of sound-evoked au…
View article: Cochlear Neurotrophin-3 overexpression at mid-life prevents age-related cochlear synaptopathy and slows age-related hearing loss
Cochlear Neurotrophin-3 overexpression at mid-life prevents age-related cochlear synaptopathy and slows age-related hearing loss Open
Age-related hearing loss (ARHL) is the most prevalent sensory deficit in the elderly. This progressive pathology often has psychological and medical comorbidities, including social isolation, depression, and cognitive decline. Despite ARHL…
View article: Human vestibular schwannoma reduces density of auditory nerve fibers in the osseous spiral lamina
Human vestibular schwannoma reduces density of auditory nerve fibers in the osseous spiral lamina Open
View article: Probing adaptation and spontaneous firing in human auditory-nerve fibers with far-field peri-stimulus time responses
Probing adaptation and spontaneous firing in human auditory-nerve fibers with far-field peri-stimulus time responses Open
Information in sound stimuli is conveyed from sensory hair cells to the cochlear nuclei by the firing of auditory nerve fibers (ANFs). For obvious ethical reasons, single unit recordings from the cochlear nerve have never been performed in…
View article: Correlations between cochlear pathophysiology and behavioral measures of temporal and spatial processing in noise exposed macaques
Correlations between cochlear pathophysiology and behavioral measures of temporal and spatial processing in noise exposed macaques Open
View article: Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Speech Intelligibility Deficits Following Threshold Recovery
Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss: Speech Intelligibility Deficits Following Threshold Recovery Open
Objectives: This retrospective study tests the hypothesis that patients who have recovered from idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) show deficits in word recognition tasks that cannot be entirely explained by a loss in aud…
View article: Age-Related Hearing Loss Is Dominated by Damage to Inner Ear Sensory Cells, Not the Cellular Battery That Powers Them
Age-Related Hearing Loss Is Dominated by Damage to Inner Ear Sensory Cells, Not the Cellular Battery That Powers Them Open
Age-related hearing loss arises from irreversible damage in the inner ear, where sound is transduced into electrical signals. Prior human studies suggested that sensory-cell loss is rarely the cause; correspondingly, animal work has implic…
View article: Hidden hearing loss: Primary neural degeneration in the noise-damaged and aging cochlea
Hidden hearing loss: Primary neural degeneration in the noise-damaged and aging cochlea Open
In acquired sensorineural hearing loss, the hearing impairment arises mainly from damage to cochlear hair cells or the sensory fibers of the auditory nerve that innervate them. Hair cell loss or damage is well captured by the changes in th…
View article: Cochlear Efferent Innervation Is Sparse in Humans and Decreases with Age
Cochlear Efferent Innervation Is Sparse in Humans and Decreases with Age Open
The mammalian cochlea is innervated by two cholinergic feedback systems called the medial olivocochlear (MOC) and lateral olivocochlear (LOC) pathways, which send control signals from the brainstem back to the outer hair cells and auditory…
View article: Middle Ear Muscle Reflex and Word Recognition in “Normal-Hearing” Adults: Evidence for Cochlear Synaptopathy?
Middle Ear Muscle Reflex and Word Recognition in “Normal-Hearing” Adults: Evidence for Cochlear Synaptopathy? Open
Objectives: Permanent threshold elevation after noise exposure, ototoxic drugs, or aging is caused by loss of sensory cells; however, animal studies show that hair cell loss is often preceded by degeneration of synapses between sensory cel…
View article: Chronic Conductive Hearing Loss Is Associated With Speech Intelligibility Deficits in Patients With Normal Bone Conduction Thresholds
Chronic Conductive Hearing Loss Is Associated With Speech Intelligibility Deficits in Patients With Normal Bone Conduction Thresholds Open
Objectives: The main objective of this study is to determine whether chronic sound deprivation leads to poorer speech discrimination in humans. Design: We reviewed the audiologic profile of 240 patients presenting normal and symmetrical bo…
View article: Morphological Immaturity of the Neonatal Organ of Corti and Associated Structures in Humans
Morphological Immaturity of the Neonatal Organ of Corti and Associated Structures in Humans Open
View article: Translating animal models to human therapeutics in noise-induced and age-related hearing loss
Translating animal models to human therapeutics in noise-induced and age-related hearing loss Open
View article: Cochlear Synaptopathy Changes Sound-Evoked Activity Without Changing Spontaneous Discharge in the Mouse Inferior Colliculus
Cochlear Synaptopathy Changes Sound-Evoked Activity Without Changing Spontaneous Discharge in the Mouse Inferior Colliculus Open
Tinnitus and hyperacusis are life-disrupting perceptual abnormalities that are often preceded by acoustic overexposure. Animal models of overexposure have suggested a link between these phenomena and neural hyperactivity, i.e., elevated sp…
View article: Effects of cochlear synaptopathy on spontaneous and sound-evoked activity in the mouse inferior colliculus
Effects of cochlear synaptopathy on spontaneous and sound-evoked activity in the mouse inferior colliculus Open
Tinnitus and hyperacusis are life-disrupting perceptual abnormalities that are often preceded by acoustic overexposure. Animal models of overexposure have suggested a link between these phenomena and neural hyperactivity, i.e. elevated spo…
View article: Blast-induced cochlear synaptopathy in chinchillas
Blast-induced cochlear synaptopathy in chinchillas Open
When exposed to continuous high-level noise, cochlear neurons are more susceptible to damage than hair cells (HCs): exposures causing temporary threshold shifts (TTS) without permanent HC damage can destroy ribbon synapses, permanently sil…