White noise after loud noise prevents hearing deficits in mice
Monday, June 5, 2017 - 13:43
in Health & Medicine
Mild hearing loss from exposure to less than one hour of loud noise leads to a reorganization of circuits in a key midbrain structure of the auditory system in mice, finds new research. However, exposure to moderate white noise for seven days immediately following loud noise prevented the reorganization of these circuits and related hearing deficits in some mice.