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Chaotic Dynamics Enhance the Sensitivity of Inner Ear Hair Cells [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
Hair cells of the auditory and vestibular systems are capable of detecting sounds that induce sub-nanometer vibrations of the hair bundle, below the stochastic noise levels of the surrounding fluid.
Bozovic, Dolores, Faber, Justin
core   +1 more source

Work-related noise exposure in a cohort of patients with chronic tinnitus: analysis of demographic and audiological characteristics [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Work-related noise exposure is one of the major factors contributing to the development of adult-onset hearing loss and tinnitus. The aim of this study was to analyze, in patients with chronic tinnitus and long-term occupational noise exposure, (A ...
ALTISSIMI, Giancarlo   +9 more
core   +2 more sources

Evaluation of the olivocochlear efferent reflex strength in the susceptibility to temporary hearing deterioration after music exposure in young adults [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The objective of the current study was to evaluate the predictive role of the olivocochlear efferent reflex strength in temporary hearing deterioration in young adults exposed to music.
Bockstael, Annelies   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

The Influence of Skin Pigmentation on Cochlear Functioning: A Study on Individuals with Normal Hearing Sensitivity

open access: yesAuditory and Vestibular Research
Background and Aim: Melanocytes are cells in the skin, hair, and eyes that generate pigment called melanin, which is primarily responsible for the pigmentation of these structures. These melanocytes, known as the Cochlear Melanocyte, are also present in
Shubhaganga Dhrruvakumar   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Auditory alterations for occupational exposition in musicians

open access: yesInternational Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2008
Introduction: Exposure to music has become an interest among experts in hearing and acoustics, once it's related to the professional and social activity and to the high prevalence of Hearing Loss.
Melo, Ana Dolores Passarelli   +4 more
doaj  

Mercury Exposure in a Riverside Amazon Population, Brazil: A Study of the Ototoxicity of Methylmercury

open access: yesInternational Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2015
Introduction Mercury poisoning causes hearing loss in humans and animals. Acute and long-term exposures produce irreversible peripheral and central auditory system damage, and mercury in its various forms of presentation in the environment is ototoxic.
Ana Hoshino   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analyzing transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions by concentration of frequency and time

open access: yes, 2018
The linear part of transient evoked (TE) otoacoustic emission (OAE) is thought to be generated via coherent reflection near the characteristic place of constituent wave components.
Liu, Yi-Wen, Wu, Hau-tieng
core   +1 more source

Otoacoustic emissions as an instrument of epidemiological surveillance in the health of the workers

open access: yesInternational Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2011
Introduction: The noise is a harmful agent to the hearing, being frequent in urban and work environments. Among the structures of the hearing system, the outer hair cells are the first to be injured, and otoacoustic emissions identify minimal cochlear ...
Oliveira, Priscila Feliciano de   +3 more
doaj  

Is there auditory impairment in Parkinson's disease?

open access: yesRevista CEFAC
Objective: to describe the audiological profile of a group of patients with Parkinson's disease and to investigate the association between hearing loss and the disease.
Marcia da Silva Lopes   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Triagem auditiva: concordância entre os métodos comportamental e objetivo Hearing screening: agreement among behavioral and objective methods

open access: yesRevista CEFAC, 2012
OBJETIVO: verificar a concordância entre os resultados da triagem auditiva por meio de observação de respostas comportamentais e de emissões otoacústicas evocadas transientes.
Bruna Machado Correa   +5 more
doaj  

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