Following previous research suggesting hearing-aid experience may induce functional plasticity at the peripheral level of the auditory system, click-evoked auditory brainstem response was recorded at first fitting and 12 weeks after hearing-aid use by unilateral and bilateral hearing-aid users. A control group of experienced hearing-aid users was tested over a similar time scale. No significant...

Elderly people often show degraded hearing performance and have difficulties in understanding speech, particularly in noisy environments. Although loss in peripheral hearing sensitivity is an important factor in explaining these low performances, central alterations also have an impact but their exact contributions remained unclear. In this study, we focus on the functional effects of aging on ...

Introduction The medial olivocochlear reflex (MOCR) is part of the binaural processing strategies and influences efferent auditory pathway. Activation by contralateral noises has an inhibiting impact on cochlear amplifier. Otoacustics emissions are established method to visualize reflex, however, this technique yielding some methodical disadvantages. Visualizing MOCR via brainstem response (ABR...