Persistent impairment of spatial hearing and neural binaural interaction after temporary noise-induced hearing loss
Chase A. Mackey, Jane A. Mondul, Amy N. Conner, John Peacock, Monica A. Benson, Troy A. Hackett, Daniel J. Tollin, Ramnarayan Ramachandran
The paper shows that temporary noise-induced hearing loss in nonhuman primates leads to long-lasting spatial hearing deficits and reduced binaural neural processing without synapse loss.
bioRxiv · Jan 20, 2026 · PreprintNeuroscience