AuD Student University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
Disclosure(s): No financial or nonfinancial relationships to disclose.
Presbycusis in older adults is the most common cause of hearing loss, and the cochlea is the primary site of analysis since it is the receptor organ for hearing. Mouse models were used due to similarities in frequency ranges of human hearing. A new familial backcrossed strain of mice was generated to test if improvement was seen in hearing thresholds. Auditory brainstem response testing was compared to cochlear analysis to determine potential structural causes of presbycusis in mice.
Learning Objectives:
Understand ABRs for use in murine hearing research
Understand the possible clinical implications of using mouse models to study cochlear morphology in presbycusis
