ArticleNature communications2017
Transient auditory nerve demyelination as a new mechanism for hidden hearing loss.
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97 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 160 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Single Intratympanic Injection of Proprietary Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (OTO-413) in Subjects with Speech-in-Noise Hearing Impairment: a Randomized, Dose Escalating, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase 1/2 Study.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2026Article
- Temporal integration in the subcortical auditory system and behavioral evidence of its dysfunction after "temporary" noise-induced hearing loss.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- MSC-sEV Promote Regeneration of Cochlear Spiral Ganglion Neurons and Myelin Sheaths in 3D Culture System.Neuroscience bulletin · 2026Article
- Biohybrid cochlear implants: neural interfaces, regenerative pathways, and translational benchmarks.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2026Review
- Recent Progress in Mechanism-Based Therapies forInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- A Diphtheria Toxin-Induced Mouse Model of Auditory Neuropathy: From Cochlear Synaptopathy to Neuronal Degeneration.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2026Article
- A Novel Central-Peripheral Interface: The Auditory Nerve Glial Transition Zone Exhibits Enhanced Age-Related Immune and Glial Cell Dysfunction.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Impacts of heminode disruption on auditory processing of noisy sound stimuli.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- Persistent impairment of spatial hearing and neural binaural interaction after "temporary" noise-induced hearing loss.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026Article
- The auditory nerve glial transition zone is a focal site of age-related immune-myelin interactions.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Article
- Differential Myeloarchitecture of Subfields of the Mammalian Auditory Cortex: A Comparative Approach.Brain, behavior and evolution · 2026Review
- DNAH11 impairs memory via disrupted synaptic plasticity in noise-induced hidden hearing loss mice.Cell biology and toxicology · 2025Article
- Slight and hidden hearing loss differentially affect short- and long-term memory in young rats.Behavioural pharmacology · 2025Article
- Sleep Disturbances Associated With Hidden Hearing Loss: Insights From Human Data and a Mouse Model of Sleep Fragmentation.Brain and behavior · 2025Observational
- Cochlear Cell Atlas of Two Laryngeal Echolocating Bats-New Evidence for the Adaptive Nervous Physiology in Constant Frequency Bat.Molecular ecology resources · 2025Article
- Deciphering Auditory Hyperexcitability in Otogl Mutant Mice Unravels an Auditory Neuropathy Mechanism.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025Article
- Direct reprogramming of fibroblasts into spiral ganglion neurons by defined transcription factors.Cell proliferation · 2025Article
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Abstract
Hidden hearing loss (HHL) is a recently described auditory neuropathy believed to contribute to speech discrimination and intelligibility deficits in people with normal audiological tests. Animals and humans with HHL have normal auditory thresholds but defective cochlear neurotransmission, that is, reduced suprathreshold amplitude of the sound-evoked auditory nerve compound action potential. Currently, the only cellular mechanism known for HHL is loss of inner hair cell synapses (synaptopathy). Here we report that transient loss of cochlear Schwann cells results in permanent auditory deficits characteristic of HHL. This auditory neuropathy is not associated with synaptic loss, but rather with disruption of the first heminodes at the auditory nerve peripheral terminal. Thus, this study identifies a new mechanism for HHL, highlights the long-term consequences of transient Schwann cell loss on hearing and might provide insights into the causes of the auditory deficits reported in patients that recover from acute demyelinating diseases such as Guillain-Barré syndrome.
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