Also referred to as “recent-onset tinnitus” or “new onset tinnitus”. This is tinnitus that you have experienced either constantly or intermittently for 6 months or less. After 6 months, acute tinnitus is referred to as chronic tinnitus.

[nocks-ah-KOO-sis] Noise-induced ear pain. Caused by activation of Type II afferent auditory nerve fibers in the inner ear transmitting from the outer hair cells to the brain via this non-canonical pathway . These Type II neurons transmit pain signals. Also referred to as auditory nociception. More generally, ear pain is known as pain hyperacusis.

One of the two membranes between the middle and inner ear. The other membrane is the oval window. Since the cochlea is a closed system, filled with perilymph, when the stapes pushes the oval window in, the round window bulges out. This is necessary since fluid is not compressible. If the oval window did not […]

The inner of the two fluids in the inner ear. The outer fluid is called perilymph.

The outer of the two fluids in the inner ear. The inner fluid is called endolymph.

Formerly called Auditory Neuropathy/Auditory Dyssynchrony (AN/AD). (See Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder.)