Tinnitus, diminished sound-level tolerance, and elevated auditory activity in humans with clinically normal hearing sensitivity

Journal of Neurophysiology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3361-3370

  Gu, Jianwen Wendy ^a,b   Halpin, Christopher F ^a,b,c   Nam, Eui Cheol ^a,d   Levine, Robert A ^a,c,e   Melcher, Jennifer R ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Kangwon National University   (South Korea)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY SYSTEM; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HEARING; HUMAN; LOUDNESS RECRUITMENT; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; PRIMARY AUDITORY CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND LEVEL TOLERANCE; THALAMUS; TINNITUS;

EID: 78149491609     PISSN: 00223077     EISSN: 15221598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/jn.00226.2010     Document Type: Article

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