In mammals, environmental sounds stimulate the auditory receptor, the cochlea, via
vibrations of the stapes, the innermost of the middle ear ossicles. These vibrations produce …

There is increasing concern about the effects of pile driving and other anthropogenic
(human‐generated) sound on fishes. Although there is a growing body of reports examining …

Cochlear synaptic loss, rather than hair cell death, is the earliest sign of damage in both
noise-and age-related hearing impairment (;). Here, we compare cochlear aging after two …

Age-related and noise-induced hearing losses in humans are multifactorial, with
contributions from, and potential interactions among, numerous variables that can shape …

Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; apopper@ umd. edu One
of the “problems” in working with aquatic animals is that they are not nearly as easy to …

The comparative hearing of birds and reptiles should always be considered together. It is
clear from the vertebrate fossil record that birds and reptiles split over 200 million years ago …

Since the beginning of the planning and installation of offshore wind farms, the possible
impacts on marine mammals and fish have been discussed intensively within the public and …

We have studied the mechanisms of auditory hair cell death after insults in vitro and in vivo.
We show DNA fragmentation of hair cell nuclei after ototoxic drug and intense noise trauma …

Acquired sensorineural hearing loss is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases, and
aging and acoustic overexposure are common contributors. Decades of study in animals …

The ability of a fish to interpret acoustic information in its environment is crucial for its
survival. Thus, it is important to understand how underwater noise affects fish hearing. In this …