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Extended High Frequency Hearing Loss, Not Cochlear Synaptopathy, Predicts Speech Recognition in a Population Cohort

2026-01-30 otolaryngology Title + abstract only
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Age-related hearing loss is the leading sensory deficit in older adults, yet audiometric thresholds at conventional frequencies often poorly predict speech understanding. Two competing hypotheses have emerged: extended high-frequency (eHF) hearing loss beyond 8 kHz may unmask variance in speech performance, while hidden hearing loss from cochlear synaptopathy---detectable via auditory brainstem response (ABR) wave I amplitude reduction---may degrade temporal coding independent of audiometry. Her...

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