Tinnitus with a normal audiogram: Physiological evidence for hidden hearing loss and computational model

Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 31, Issue 38, 2011, Pages 13452-13457

  Schaette, Roland ^a   McAlpine, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NERVE FIBER; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOGRAPHY; AUDITORY NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOKED AUDITORY RESPONSE; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; NERVE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TINNITUS;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; COCHLEAR NERVE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TINNITUS;

EID: 80053003469     PISSN: 02706474     EISSN: 15292401     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2156-11.2011     Document Type: Article

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