Age-Related Hearing Loss Begins with Gain, Not Silence: Physiological Compensation in Dorsal Cochlear Nucleus Fusiform Cells During Auditory Aging.
Age-related hearing loss (ARHL) is the most common cause of sensorineural hearing loss. The cochlear nucleus, the first central auditory structure to receive input from the cochlea, has been shown to be disrupted by ARHL. Fusiform cells (FC), the principal output cell of the dorsal cochlear nucleus (DCN), mature physio...