Age-related hearing loss: A loss of voltage, not hair cells

Seminars in Hearing

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 228-236

  Mills, John H ^a,b   Schmiedt, Richard A ^a   Schulte, Bradley A ^a   Dubno, Judy R ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related hearing loss; Presbyacusis

Indexed keywords

AGE; CAPILLARY; COCHLEA; COCHLEA POTENTIAL; COCHLEAR NERVE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERBIL; HAIR CELL; HEARING LOSS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; MALE; NECROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; SPIRAL GANGLION; STRIA VASCULARIS; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 33845403053     PISSN: 07340451     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-954849     Document Type: Conference Paper

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