Centrifugal pathways protect hearing sensitivity at the cochlea in noisy environments that exacerbate the damage induced by loud sound

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 20, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 6684-6693

  Rajan, R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cochlea; Hearing damage; Loud sounds; Noise backgrounds; Olivocochlear efferents; Protection; TTS

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CAT; COCHLEA; HEARING ACUITY; NOISE REDUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL DETECTION;

EID: 0034281032     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.20-17-06684.2000     Document Type: Article

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