Schwerhörigkeit im Alter: Was steckt dahinter?

Abstract

AbstractAge-related hearing loss is of increasing concern in our ageing society. However, a causal understanding of the manifold degenerative processes in the cochlea and auditory brain, and their relation to specific hearing problems, is still in its infancy. Gerbils that are trained to perform auditory tasks show very similar auditory perception to humans, including in tests with speech-like signals. This offers a unique opportunity to experimentally probe age-related changes in perception and the underlying neural pathologies.