Influence of aging on medial olivocochlear system function

• Published in: Clinical interventions in aging Vol. 9; pp. 901 - 914
• Main Authors: Lisowska, Grażyna, Namyslowski, Grzegorz, Orecka, Boguslawa, Misiolek, Maciej
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Zealand Dove Medical Press Limited 01.01.2014; Taylor & Francis Ltd; Dove Press; Dove Medical Press
• Subjects: Acoustic Stimulation; Acoustics; Adult; Age; Age Factors; Age factors in disease; Aging; Aging - physiology; Audiometry; Auditory Pathways - physiology; Child; Cochlea - physiology; Cochlear Nerve - physiology; contralateral suppression; Development and progression; Ears & hearing; efferent suppression; Hearing - physiology; Hearing disorders; Humans; medial olivocochlear system; Medical research; Medicine, Experimental; Middle Aged; MOC effect; MOC inhibition; Nervous system; Noise; Older people; Olivary Nucleus - physiology; Original Research; otoacoustic emissions; Physiological aspects; Young Adult; MOC inhibition; MOC effect; medial olivocochlear system; contralateral suppression; otoacoustic emissions; age; efferent suppression

There is still controversy regarding the influence of aging on medial olivocochlear (MOC) system function. The main objective of this study is to measure age-related changes of MOC system function in people with normal hearing thresholds. Bilateral assessment of the MOC effect for click-evoked otoac...