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Some nerves: How loud noise may change hearing

  • Written by Matthew Xu-Friedman, Associate Professor of Biology, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
imageHearing can be affected by loud noises, but the mechanisms have not been fully understood. The auditory nerve plays a big role.9nang/Shutterstock.com

Our modern world is loud. Just sitting in a car, or an airplane, or watching movie previews, we are bombarded with sound. Even when those noises aren’t damaging to the sensitive microphone that...

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