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Noise-Induced Hearing Loss: Implication for Tinnitus

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Keypoints

  1. 1.

    Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) is often associated with tinnitus.

  2. 2.

    The shape and depth of the audiogram in patients with NIHL varies considerably.

  3. 3.

    Characteristics of tinnitus (sensation level, pulsatile versus continuous, perceived pitch) also vary widely across individuals.

  4. 4.

    The relationship between the pattern of hearing loss and the characteristics of the tinnitus is complex and a relevant topic of research.

  5. 5.

    This chapter focuses on three topics relevant to NIHL and tinnitus:

    1. (a)

      The relationship between the parameters of a noise exposure and the resulting hearing loss.

    2. (b)

      The cochlear pathologies underlying permanent hearing loss and temporary hearing loss and how they differ.

    3. (c)

      Noise-induced tinnitus and the animal modeling of tinnitus used to study the relationship between noise and tinnitus.

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Abbreviations

ATS:

Asymptotic threshold shift

CNS:

Central nervous system

EAM:

External auditory meatus

GPIAS:

Gap-prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle

IHC:

Inner hair cell

NBN:

Narrow band noise

NIHL:

Noise-induced hearing loss

NIOSH:

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

OHC:

Outer hair cell

OSHA:

Occupational Safety and Health Administration

PTS:

Permanent threshold shift

TTS:

Temporary threshold shift

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  1. Center for Hearing and Deafness, Department of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14214, USA

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  1. School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, Texas, USAUSA

    Aage R. Møller

  2. Department of Psychiatry Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

    Berthold Langguth

  3. BRAI2N/TRI Tinnitus Clinic and Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital Antwerp, Wilrijkstraat 10, 2650, Edegem, Belgium

    Dirk De Ridder

  4. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

    Tobias Kleinjung

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Henderson, D., Bielefeld, E.C., Lobarinas, E., Tanaka, C. (2011). Noise-Induced Hearing Loss: Implication for Tinnitus. In: Møller, A.R., Langguth, B., De Ridder, D., Kleinjung, T. (eds) Textbook of Tinnitus. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-145-5_37

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