Auditory Brainstem Response Altered in Humans with Noise Exposure Despite Normal Outer Hair Cell Function

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2017, Pages e1-e12

  Bramhall, Naomi F ^a   Konrad Martin, Dawn ^a,b   McMillan, Garnett P ^a   Griest, Susan E ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR REHABILITATIVE AUDITORY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory brainstem response; Auditory nerve; Cochlear neuropathy; Cochlear synaptopathy; Hidden hearing loss; Noise induced hearing loss; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EVOKED BRAIN STEM AUDITORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; NOISE INJURY; OUTER HAIR CELL; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; SPONTANEOUS OTOACOUSTIC EMISSION; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASE; VETERAN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY, BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; HAIR CELLS, AUDITORY, OUTER; HEARING LOSS, NOISE-INDUCED; HUMANS; MALE; NOISE; OTOACOUSTIC EMISSIONS, SPONTANEOUS; VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR NERVE DISEASES; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85007518113     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: 15384667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000370     Document Type: Article

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