Potential risk for hearing from prolonged exposure to sound at conversation levels
Wenyue Xue, Nolan Sun, Emily Wood, Jason Xie, Xiuping Liu, Jun Yan
This study shows that prolonged exposure to conversational-level sound can impair hearing in mice, as indicated by changes in auditory brainstem response (ABR) metrics.
Audiology Research · May 22, 2026Peer-reviewedNeuroscience