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Salas AK, Capuano AM, Harms CA, Piniak WED, Mooney TA. Temporary noise-induced underwater hearing loss in an aquatic turtle (Trachemys scripta elegans). THE JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2023; 154:1003-1017. [PMID: 37584467 DOI: 10.1121/10.0020588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/17/2023]
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Noise pollution in aquatic environments can cause hearing loss in noise-exposed animals. We investigated whether exposure to continuous underwater white noise (50-1000 Hz) affects the auditory sensitivity of an aquatic turtle Trachemys scripta elegans (red-eared slider) across 16 noise conditions of differing durations and amplitudes. Sound exposure levels (SELs) ranged between 155 and 193 dB re 1 μPa2 s, and auditory sensitivity was measured at 400 Hz using auditory evoked potential methods. Comparing control and post-exposure thresholds revealed temporary threshold shifts (TTS) in all three individuals, with at least two of the three turtles experiencing TTS at all but the two lowest SELs tested, and shifts up to 40 dB. There were significant positive relationships between shift magnitude and exposure duration, amplitude, and SEL. The mean predicted TTS onset was 160 dB re 1 μPa2 s. There was individual variation in susceptibility to TTS, threshold shift magnitude, and recovery rate, which was non-monotonic and occurred on time scales ranging from < 1 h to > 2 days post-exposure. Recovery rates were generally greater after higher magnitude shifts. Sound levels inducing hearing loss were comparatively low, suggesting aquatic turtles may be more sensitive to underwater noise than previously considered.
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- Andria K Salas
- Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, USA
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- Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, USA
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- Department of Clinical Sciences and Center for Marine Sciences and Technology, College of Veterinary Medicine, North Carolina State University, Morehead City, North Carolina 28557, USA
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- Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Beaufort, North Carolina 28516, USA
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- Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543, USA
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Reynolds A, Bielefeld EC. Music as a unique source of noise-induced hearing loss. Hear Res 2023; 430:108706. [PMID: 36736160 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2023.108706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2022] [Revised: 01/06/2023] [Accepted: 01/22/2023] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Music is among the most important artistic, cultural, and entertainment modalities in any society. With the proliferation of music genres and the technological advances that allow people to consume music in any location and at any time, music over-exposure has become a significant public health issue. Music-induced hearing loss has a great deal in common with noise-induced hearing loss. However, there are important differences that make music a unique insult to the auditory system and a unique threat to public health. Its unique properties also make it a potentially valuable asset in sound conditioning paradigms. This review discusses hearing loss from noise and music, comparing and contrasting the two. Recent research on music-induced hearing loss is reviewed, followed by discussion of the differences in music-induced hearing loss between performers and consumers. The review concludes with a discussion of the potential of music as a sound conditioning stimulus to protect against acquired hearing loss.
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- Alison Reynolds
- Department of Speech and Hearing Science, The Ohio State University, 110 Pressey Hall, 1070 Carmack Road, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Department of Speech and Hearing Science, The Ohio State University, 110 Pressey Hall, 1070 Carmack Road, Columbus, OH 43210, USA.
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Occelli F, Hasselmann F, Bourien J, Puel JL, Desvignes N, Wiszniowski B, Edeline JM, Gourévitch B. Temporal Alterations to Central Auditory Processing without Synaptopathy after Lifetime Exposure to Environmental Noise. Cereb Cortex 2021; 32:1737-1754. [PMID: 34494109 DOI: 10.1093/cercor/bhab310] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2021] [Revised: 07/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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People are increasingly exposed to environmental noise through the cumulation of occupational and recreational activities, which is considered harmless to the auditory system, if the sound intensity remains <80 dB. However, recent evidence of noise-induced peripheral synaptic damage and central reorganizations in the auditory cortex, despite normal audiometry results, has cast doubt on the innocuousness of lifetime exposure to environmental noise. We addressed this issue by exposing adult rats to realistic and nontraumatic environmental noise, within the daily permissible noise exposure limit for humans (80 dB sound pressure level, 8 h/day) for between 3 and 18 months. We found that temporary hearing loss could be detected after 6 months of daily exposure, without leading to permanent hearing loss or to missing synaptic ribbons in cochlear hair cells. The degraded temporal representation of sounds in the auditory cortex after 18 months of exposure was very different from the effects observed after only 3 months of exposure, suggesting that modifications to the neural code continue throughout a lifetime of exposure to noise.
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- Florian Occelli
- NeuroScience Paris-Saclay Institute (NeuroPSI), CNRS, University of Paris-Saclay, Orsay F-91405, France
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- Institute for Neurosciences of Montpellier (INM), INSERM, University of Montpellier, Montpellier F-34091, France
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- Institute for Neurosciences of Montpellier (INM), INSERM, University of Montpellier, Montpellier F-34091, France
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- Institute for Neurosciences of Montpellier (INM), INSERM, University of Montpellier, Montpellier F-34091, France
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- NeuroScience Paris-Saclay Institute (NeuroPSI), CNRS, University of Paris-Saclay, Orsay F-91405, France
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- NeuroScience Paris-Saclay Institute (NeuroPSI), CNRS, University of Paris-Saclay, Orsay F-91405, France
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- NeuroScience Paris-Saclay Institute (NeuroPSI), CNRS, University of Paris-Saclay, Orsay F-91405, France
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- NeuroScience Paris-Saclay Institute (NeuroPSI), CNRS, University of Paris-Saclay, Orsay F-91405, France.,Institut de l'Audition, Institut Pasteur, INSERM, Paris F-75012, France.,CNRS, France
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Cochlear Synaptopathy and Noise-Induced Hidden Hearing Loss. Neural Plast 2016; 2016:6143164. [PMID: 27738526 PMCID: PMC5050381 DOI: 10.1155/2016/6143164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2016] [Revised: 08/09/2016] [Accepted: 08/21/2016] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Recent studies on animal models have shown that noise exposure that does not lead to permanent threshold shift (PTS) can cause considerable damage around the synapses between inner hair cells (IHCs) and type-I afferent auditory nerve fibers (ANFs). Disruption of these synapses not only disables the innervated ANFs but also results in the slow degeneration of spiral ganglion neurons if the synapses are not reestablished. Such a loss of ANFs should result in signal coding deficits, which are exacerbated by the bias of the damage toward synapses connecting low-spontaneous-rate (SR) ANFs, which are known to be vital for signal coding in noisy background. As there is no PTS, these functional deficits cannot be detected using routine audiological evaluations and may be unknown to subjects who have them. Such functional deficits in hearing without changes in sensitivity are generally called “noise-induced hidden hearing loss (NIHHL).” Here, we provide a brief review to address several critical issues related to NIHHL: (1) the mechanism of noise induced synaptic damage, (2) reversibility of the synaptic damage, (3) the functional deficits as the nature of NIHHL in animal studies, (4) evidence of NIHHL in human subjects, and (5) peripheral and central contribution of NIHHL.
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Ryan AF, Kujawa SG, Hammill T, Le Prell C, Kil J. Temporary and Permanent Noise-induced Threshold Shifts: A Review of Basic and Clinical Observations. Otol Neurotol 2016; 37:e271-5. [PMID: 27518135 PMCID: PMC4988324 DOI: 10.1097/mao.0000000000001071] [Citation(s) in RCA: 111] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To review basic and clinical findings relevant to defining temporary (TTS) and permanent (PTS) threshold shifts and their sequelae. DATA SOURCES Relevant scientific literature and government definitions were broadly reviewed. DATA SYNTHESIS The definitions and characteristics of TTS and PTS were assessed and recent advances that expand our knowledge of the extent, nature, and consequences of noise-induced hearing loss were reviewed. CONCLUSION Exposure to intense sound can produce TTS, acute changes in hearing sensitivity that recover over time, or PTS, a loss that does not recover to preexposure levels. In general, a threshold shift ≥10 dB at 2, 3, and 4 kHz is required for reporting purposes in human studies. The high-frequency regions of the cochlea are most sensitive to noise damage. Resonance of the ear canal also results in a frequency region of high-noise sensitivity at 4 to 6 kHz. A primary noise target is the cochlear hair cell. Although the mechanisms that underlie such hair cell damage remain unclear, there is evidence to support a role for reactive oxygen species, stress pathway signaling, and apoptosis. Another target is the synapse between the hair cell and the primary afferent neurons. Large numbers of these synapses and their neurons can be lost after noise, even though hearing thresholds may return to normal. This affects auditory processing and detection of signals in noise. The consequences of TTS and PTS include significant deficits in communication that can impact performance of military duties or obtaining/retaining civilian employment. Tinnitus and exacerbation of posttraumatic stress disorder are also potential sequelae.
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- Allen F. Ryan
- Department of Surgery/Otolaryngology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA; and Veterans Administration, San Diego, CA, 9500 Gilman Drive #0666, La Jolla, CA 92093-0666, 858.534.4594 (voice), 858.534.5319 (fax),
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- Associate Professor of Otology and Laryngology, Department of Otology and Laryngology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 243 Charles Street, Boston, MA 02114
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- Defense Hearing Center of Excellence, 59MDW/SG02O, 2200 Bergquist Drive, Suite 1, JBSA Lackland, TX 78236
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- Emilie and Phil Schepps Professor of Hearing Science Program, Callier Center for Communication Disorders, 1966 Inwood Road, Room J216, Dallas, TX 75256
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- Chief Medical Officer, Sound Pharmaceuticals, 4010 Stone Way N, Suite 120, Seattle, WA 98103
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Hsu CJ, Chen YS, Shau WY, Yeh TH, Lee SY, Lin-Shiau SY. Impact of Activities OF NA+,K+-Atpase and CA2+-Atpase in the Cochlear Lateral Wall on Recovery from Noise-Induced Temporary Threshold Shift. Ann Otol Rhinol Laryngol 2016; 111:842-9. [PMID: 12296342 DOI: 10.1177/000348940211100915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The present study was designed to investigate the relationship between the noise-induced temporary threshold shift (TTS) and the specific activities of sodium potassium adenosine triphosphatase (Na+,K+-ATPase) and calcium adenosine triphosphatase (Ca2+-ATPase) in the cochlear lateral wall. The specific activities of these enzymes were quantified by microcolorimetric assay. Changes in auditory brain stem response (ABR) thresholds were compared with the quantitative alterations of the specific activities of Na+,K+-ATPase and Ca2+-ATPase in the cochlear lateral wall of guinea pigs with a noise-induced TTS. In the majority of those noise-exposed ears with complete recovery of ABR thresholds, the specific activities of both enzymes returned to at least 70% of the mean specific activity of the control group. Although other factors may be involved, reversible inactivation of Na+,K+-ATPase and Ca2+-ATPase in the cochlear lateral wall may be one component of the TTS. Our present findings could drive further studies on the molecular basis of noise-induced hearing loss.
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- Chuan-Jen Hsu
- Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Republic of China
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Shi L, Chang Y, Li X, Aiken SJ, Liu L, Wang J. Coding Deficits in Noise-Induced Hidden Hearing Loss May Stem from Incomplete Repair of Ribbon Synapses in the Cochlea. Front Neurosci 2016; 10:231. [PMID: 27252621 PMCID: PMC4879136 DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2016.00231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2016] [Accepted: 05/09/2016] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Recent evidence has shown that noise-induced damage to the synapse between inner hair cells (IHCs) and type I afferent auditory nerve fibers (ANFs) may occur in the absence of permanent threshold shift (PTS), and that synapses connecting IHCs with low spontaneous rate (SR) ANFs are disproportionately affected. Due to the functional importance of low-SR ANF units for temporal processing and signal coding in noisy backgrounds, deficits in cochlear coding associated with noise-induced damage may result in significant difficulties with temporal processing and hearing in noise (i.e., “hidden hearing loss”). However, significant noise-induced coding deficits have not been reported at the single unit level following the loss of low-SR units. We have found evidence to suggest that some aspects of neural coding are not significantly changed with the initial loss of low-SR ANFs, and that further coding deficits arise in association with the subsequent reestablishment of the synapses. This suggests that synaptopathy in hidden hearing loss may be the result of insufficient repair of disrupted synapses, and not simply due to the loss of low-SR units. These coding deficits include decreases in driven spike rate for intensity coding as well as several aspects of temporal coding: spike latency, peak-to-sustained spike ratio and the recovery of spike rate as a function of click-interval.
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- Lijuan Shi
- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Southeast University Nanjing, China
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Southeast University Nanjing, China
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Southeast University Nanjing, China
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- School of Human Communication Disorders, Dalhousie University Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Southeast University Nanjing, China
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- Department of Physiology, Medical College of Southeast UniversityNanjing, China; School of Human Communication Disorders, Dalhousie UniversityHalifax, NS, Canada
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Wan G, Corfas G. No longer falling on deaf ears: mechanisms of degeneration and regeneration of cochlear ribbon synapses. Hear Res 2015; 329:1-10. [PMID: 25937135 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2015.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2015] [Revised: 04/01/2015] [Accepted: 04/20/2015] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Cochlear ribbon synapses are required for the rapid and precise neural transmission of acoustic signals from inner hair cells to the spiral ganglion neurons. Emerging evidence suggests that damage to these synapses represents an important form of cochlear neuropathy that might be highly prevalent in sensorineural hearing loss. In this review, we discuss our current knowledge on how ribbon synapses are damaged by noise and during aging, as well as potential strategies to promote ribbon synapse regeneration for hearing restoration.
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- Guoqiang Wan
- Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Kresge Hearing Research Institute, Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA.
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Protection from noise-induced temporary threshold shift by D-methionine is associated with preservation of ATPase activities. Ear Hear 2008; 29:65-75. [PMID: 18091106 DOI: 10.1097/aud.0b013e31815d635b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The present study was designed to test whether noise-induced temporary threshold shift (TTS) could be attenuated by D-methionine and its possible relation to the biochemical changes of cochlear lateral walls such as ATPase activities and oxidative stress in guinea pigs. DESIGN Thirty-two normal-hearing male guinea pigs were randomly divided into saline-treated and D-methionine-treated (300 mg/kg) experimental groups. One hour after treatment, they were exposed to a continuous broadband white noise at 105 +/- 2 dB sound pressure level for 10 min, causing TTS. Each group was then divided into four subgroups based on the number of survival days after noise exposure (0, 1, 2, and 7 days). Each subgroup had four animals and eight ears included. By means of click-evoked auditory brain stem responses (ABR), auditory thresholds of guinea pigs were measured before noise exposure, immediately after noise exposure, and before killing. After animals were killed, cochlear lateral walls were immediately harvested and assayed for enzyme-specific activities of Na+, K+-ATPase and Ca2+-ATPase, lipid peroxidation, and nitric oxide. RESULTS A 15.31 +/- 3.80 dB threshold shift was found immediately after noise exposure in saline-pretreated guinea pigs. In contrast, ABR threshold shift was significantly attenuated to 4.06 +/- 2.35 dB in D-methionine-treated animals. Furthermore, D-methionine enhanced the restoration of ABR threshold to baseline level by 1 day. In addition, noise significantly decreased Na+, K+-ATPase, and Ca2+-ATPase activities and increased lipid peroxidation and nitric oxide levels of the cochlear lateral walls. D-methionine significantly protected against all of these changes. CONCLUSIONS Noise not only induced TTS but also inhibited ATPase activities as well as increased oxidative stress in guinea-pig cochlear lateral walls; all of these changes could be attenuated by d-methionine through its antioxidative property. These results suggest the potential usefulness of d-methionine in protecting from noise-induced ototoxicity.
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Chen YS, Tseng FY, Liu TC, Lin-Shiau SY, Hsu CJ. Involvement of nitric oxide generation in noise-induced temporary threshold shift in guinea pigs. Hear Res 2005; 203:94-100. [PMID: 15855034 DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2004.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2004] [Accepted: 12/20/2004] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The present study explored the role of endogenous nitric oxide (NO) in the temporary threshold shift caused by acoustic trauma. Guinea pigs were exposed to broadband white noise at a level of 105+/-2dB sound pressure level (SPL) for 10min, causing a temporary threshold shift (TTS). The guinea pigs were divided into six groups (N-1 to N-6) according to survival days after noise exposure (0, 1, 2, 3, 7, 28days). Auditory brainstem responses (ABR) were recorded before noise exposure, immediately after noise exposure and before sacrifice. Immediately after animals were sacrificed, the stria vascularis and the spiral ligament of the lateral wall of each individual cochlea were harvest as a unit and prepared for assay of NO. There was a significant correlation (P<0.001) between the NO concentration and final ABR threshold in the noise exposure groups. But the return of ABR threshold to pre-noise-exposed level is early than that of NO concentration. An average 16.2dB threshold shift was found immediately after noise exposure. The threshold returned to the pre-noise-exposed level on the second post-exposure day. Comparing to unexposed control animals, the NO concentration increased nearly threefold immediately following noise exposure and decreased to twofold when the hearing threshold had returned to the pre-noise-exposed level. On the seventh post-exposure day the NO concentration was not different from that in unexposed control animals. Those findings indicate that endogenous NO is generated in the noise-induced temporal threshold shift and its concentration is correlated with the hearing loss.
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- Yuh-Shyang Chen
- Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
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Lenzi D, Crum J, Ellisman MH, Roberts WM. Depolarization redistributes synaptic membrane and creates a gradient of vesicles on the synaptic body at a ribbon synapse. Neuron 2002; 36:649-59. [PMID: 12441054 DOI: 10.1016/s0896-6273(02)01025-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 131] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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We used electron tomography of frog saccular hair cells to reconstruct presynaptic ultrastructure at synapses specialized for sustained transmitter release. Synaptic vesicles at inhibited synapses were abundant in the cytoplasm and covered the synaptic body at high density. Continuous maximal stimulation depleted 73% of the vesicles within 800 nm of the synapse, with a concomitant increase in surface area of intracellular cisterns and plasmalemmal infoldings. Docked vesicles were depleted 60%-80% regardless of their distance from the active zone. Vesicles on the synaptic body were depleted primarily in the hemisphere facing the plasmalemma, creating a gradient of vesicles on its surface. We conclude that formation of new synaptic vesicles from cisterns is rate limiting in the vesicle cycle.
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- David Lenzi
- Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403, USA
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Intermittent noise causes less hearing loss than continuous noise of equal intensity. The reduction in damage observed with intermittent noise may be explained by the fact that the auditory system has time to recover between the noise phases. Simultaneous carbon monoxide (CO) exposure produces greater noise-induced hearing loss than does noise alone (Chen and Fechter, 1999). In the present study, intermittent noise (octave-band with a center frequency of 13.6 kHz, 100 dB) of a 2 h total duration but with a different duty cycle (% of noise during exposure) was used. The intermittent exposure that had a shorter noise duty cycle induced a less permanent threshold shift (PTS) than those that had a longer noise duty cycle (or less rest periods). This relation between the loss in compound action potential (CAP) sensitivity and the noise duty cycle (or rest period) was abolished by the presence of CO. The cochlear microphonic (CM) amplitude revealed similar results to those seen using the CAP. While intermittent noise that had a short noise duty cycle did not cause hair cell loss by itself, the combined exposure to noise and CO (1200 ppm) caused remarkable OHC loss in the basal turn.
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- G D Chen
- University of Oklahoma, Health Sciences Center, College of Pharmacy, 1110 N. Stonewall, Oklahoma City, OK 73190, USA.
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Plontke SK, Lifshitz J, Saunders JC. Distribution of rate-intensity function types in chick cochlear nerve after exposure to intense sound. Brain Res 1999; 842:262-74. [PMID: 10526123 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-8993(99)01897-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Intense sound exposure to the chick ear produces cochlear damage and losses in auditory function. At twelve days post exposure there is considerable structural repair, although a defect on the sensory epithelium remains in the form of an incompletely healed 'patch' lesion. Auditory function significantly recovers 12 days after the exposure, but it, too, is incomplete. In this paper we describe the relationship between stimulus intensity and cochlear nerve discharge rate (the rate-intensity function) in two groups of chicks. One is exposed to damaging sound levels but allowed 12 days to recover, while the other is a group of non-exposed and age-matched control animals. Three different types of rate-intensity functions were identified; saturating, sloping, and straight. The percentage of saturating and sloping functions was compared across all characteristic frequencies in both groups of animals. A significant change was observed in the distribution of these types for recovered units with characteristic frequencies within the region of the patch lesion. In addition, the rate-intensity functions of these units exhibited a steeper slope and a higher maximum response. The distribution of rate-intensity function types and their slope and maximum responses, for units with characteristic frequencies outside of the patch lesion, was similar to those found in control ears. The changes in the cochlear nerve response in exposed chicks may be due to alterations in cochlear mechanics, hair cell or synaptic membrane properties, hair cell innervation, or the loss of a tonic suppression of afferent activity exerted by the damaged short hair cells.
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- S K Plontke
- Department of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
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In previous studies from our lab, broadband noise induced hearing loss has been found to be potentiated by simultaneous carbon monoxide (CO) exposure. In the present study, octave-band noise induced auditory impairment was studied with the presence of CO at levels of 1500, 1200, 700, 500 and 300 ppm and zero (noise alone). Four octave-band noises (1.2-2.4, 2.4-4.8, 4.8-9.6 and 9.6-19.2 kHz) were used. Experimental subjects (rats) were grouped for the exposure (8 h) to each noise, CO and their combinations. The compound action potential (CAP) and cochlear microphonics (CM) were recorded 4 weeks after the exposure. The noise induced elevation of the CAP threshold and the CM iso-amplitude curve were potentiated by the simultaneous CO exposure when the CO level reached 500 ppm or higher. CO exposure alone had no effect on CAP or CM. The CO potentiation can occur in any frequency region depending on the noise band. The combined exposure can also induce threshold shifts in some cases in which both the noise and the CO alone did not cause threshold shifts. The size of the potentiation shown by CAP and CM was similar, indicating a possible origin of the CO potentiation from the damage to the outer hair cells. Interestingly, the hearing loss induced by noise alone gradually recovered (partially), but the hearing loss caused by the combined exposure did not. The potentiation may be due to the reduction of the cell's ability to repair noise induced damage by CO.
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- G D Chen
- University of Oklahoma, Health Sciences Center, College of Pharmacy, Oklahoma City 73190, USA.
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Several types of nonauditory cells recover from transitory mechanically induced microlesions in their cell membranes. We report evidence that hair cells in the auditory papilla of the alligator lizard suffered similar membrane wounding when exposed to noise loud enough to induce a temporary threshold shift. Lucifer yellow, a molecular marker that does not normally penetrate through the cell membrane into the cytoplasm, was introduced into the extracellular fluid bathing the basolateral membrane of the hair cells. We assessed the effect of loud noise on the function of the ear by measuring compound action potentials of the auditory nerve before exposure to the noise, immediately after cessation of the noise, and after recovering overnight. Hair cells that were exposed to the noise took up much more Lucifer yellow than hair cells that were not exposed. We propose that the Lucifer yellow entered the hair cells via noise-induced lesions in their cell membranes, and that the cells were able to survive and recover functionally.
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- M J Mulroy
- Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912-2000, USA.
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This study presents evidence in support of the hypothesis that one of the sites of failure during noise-induced temporary threshold shift (TTS) is the afferent synapse between auditory hair cells and auditory nerve fibers. Our results show clear evidence indicating changes in the quantity of afferent synapses and the morphology of presynaptic structures in the alligator lizard auditory hair cells during TTS. In TTS hair cells there are statistically significant decreases in: 1) the number of afferent synapses, 2) the number of synaptic vesicles at the afferent synapses, 3) the size of synaptic bodies, and 4) the packing density of synaptic vesicles around the synaptic body. These results suggest that the presynaptic components of the afferent synapse reflect the functional state of the synapse, and that the reduction of these synapses, both in number and component size, contributes to TTS.
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MESH Headings
- Acoustic Stimulation
- Animals
- Auditory Threshold/physiology
- Basilar Membrane/physiology
- Cochlea/physiology
- Disease Models, Animal
- Hair Cells, Auditory/cytology
- Hair Cells, Auditory/ultrastructure
- Hearing Loss, Noise-Induced/etiology
- Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
- Lizards
- Microscopy, Electron
- Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
- Nerve Fibers/physiology
- Neurons, Afferent/cytology
- Neurons, Afferent/physiology
- Neurons, Afferent/ultrastructure
- Presynaptic Terminals/physiology
- Synapses/physiology
- Synapses/ultrastructure
- Synaptic Vesicles/physiology
- Vestibulocochlear Nerve/physiology
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- W R Henry
- Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912-2000, USA
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Dew LA, Owen RG, Mulroy MJ. Changes in size and shape of auditory hair cells in vivo during noise-induced temporary threshold shift. Hear Res 1993; 66:99-107. [PMID: 7682546 DOI: 10.1016/0378-5955(93)90264-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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In this study we describe changes in the size and shape of auditory hair cells of the alligator lizard in vivo during noise-induced temporary threshold shift. These changes consist of a decrease in cell volume, a decrease in cell length and an increase in cell width. We speculate that these changes are due to relaxation of cytoskeletal contractile elements and osmotic loss of intracellular water. We also describe a decrease in the surface area of the hair cell plasmalemma, and speculate that it is related to the endocytosis and intracellular accumulation of cell membrane during synaptic vesicle recycling. Finally we describe an increase in the endolymphatic surface area of the hair cell, and speculate that this could alter the micromechanics of the stereociliary tuft to attenuate the effective stimulus.
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- L A Dew
- Department of Cellular Biology and Anatomy, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912
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Ohnishi S, Hara M, Inoue M, Yamashita T, Kumazawa T, Minato A, Inagaki C. Delayed shortening and shrinkage of cochlear outer hair cells. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY 1992; 263:C1088-95. [PMID: 1443102 DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.1992.263.5.c1088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Slow shortening of cochlear outer hair cells has been speculated to modify cochlear sensitivity. Tetanic electrical field stimulation of isolated outer hair cells from guinea pigs shortened the cells for 2-3 min. Electrical stimulation reduced cell length and volume (-13.5 +/- 1.5 and -37.3 +/- 3.0% of initial values, respectively, n = 16) and decreased the intracellular Cl- concentration. Cytochalasin B (100 microM) inhibited electrical stimulation-induced shortening but not volume reduction. The following chemicals or manipulations inhibited the responses: 10 microM furosemide, 0.1 mM 4,4'-diisothiocyanostilbene-2,2'-disulfonic acid (DIDS), 1 mM anthracene-9-carboxylic acid (AC9), 25 mM tetraethylammonium, 2.3 microM charybdotoxin (ChTX), 250 nM omega-conotoxin, and Ca(2+)-free medium. These findings suggest that both electrical stimulation-induced shortening and shrinkage of outer hair cells result not only from an actin-mediated contractile force, but also from Cl- efflux through furosemide-, DIDS-, and AC9-sensitive Cl- channels, and K+ efflux through ChTX-sensitive K+ channels.
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- S Ohnishi
- Department of Pharmacology, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan
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Boettcher FA, Spongr VP, Salvi RJ. Physiological and histological changes associated with the reduction in threshold shift during interrupted noise exposure. Hear Res 1992; 62:217-36. [PMID: 1429265 DOI: 10.1016/0378-5955(92)90189-t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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The compound action potential (AP) was recorded from one group of chinchillas exposed to interrupted noise (95 dB SPL, octave band centered at 500 Hz, 3 h on, 9 h off) for 15 days. A second group of chinchillas was exposed to the same interrupted noise for 1, 2 or 15 days and their cochleas were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). During the first few days of the exposure, the AP threshold was elevated approximately 40 dB at the low-to-mid frequencies; however, the threshold shifts decreased with increasing exposure duration so that the threshold shift was only about 10 dB after the 15th day of exposure. The amplitude of the AP also recovered with exposure time. In contrast to the improvement in AP threshold, the number of missing hair cells increased and the condition of the stereocilia on inner and outer hair cells deteriorated between the first and 15th day of the exposure.
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- F A Boettcher
- Hearing Research Laboratory, SUNY University, Buffalo 14214
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