Noise-induced hearing loss delays auditory learning and reduces the influence of acoustic evidence on choice
Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) degrades auditory sensitivity, but how it affects the learning of sound-guided decisions remains unclear. We trained adult Mongolian gerbils with normal-hearing (NH) or permanent NIHL, induced by a 2-hour exposure to 120 dB SPL broadband noise, to discriminate 4- versus 12-Hz amplitude...