Book chapter
Changes in the Inferior Colliculus Associated with Hearing Loss: Noise-Induced Hearing Loss, Age-Related Hearing Loss, Tinnitus and Hyperacusis
The Oxford Handbook of the Auditory Brainstem, pp.527-547
Oxford Handbooks, Oxford University Press
09/20/2019
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190849061.013.20
Abstract
The inferior colliculus is an important auditory relay center that undergoes fundamental changes following hearing loss, whether noise induced (NIHL) or age related (ARHL). These changes may contribute to the induction or maintenance of phenomena such as tinnitus (phantom auditory sensations) and hyperacusis (increased sensitivity to sound). Here, we outline changes that can occur in the inferior colliculus following damage to the periphery and/or as a result of the ageing process, both immediate and long-term, and attempt to disentangle which changes relate to either tinnitus or hyperacusis, as opposed to solely hearing loss. Understanding these changes is ultimately important to reversing the underlying pathology and treating these conditions.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Changes in the Inferior Colliculus Associated with Hearing Loss: Noise-Induced Hearing Loss, Age-Related Hearing Loss, Tinnitus and Hyperacusis
- Creators
- Alan R Palmer - University of NottinghamJoel I Berger - University of Nottingham
- Contributors
- Karl Kandler (Editor) - University of Pittsburgh
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- The Oxford Handbook of the Auditory Brainstem, pp.527-547
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Series
- Oxford Handbooks
- DOI
- 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190849061.013.20
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/20/2019
- Academic Unit
- Neurosurgery
- Record Identifier
- 9984618638602771
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