Damage to outer auditory nerve fibers causes high-frequency hearing loss

Evidence

The coiling of the cochlea means that the neurons responsible for communication data relating to low-frequency components in incoming sound are toward the center of the auditory nerve, with those responsible for the communication of higher frequency being wrapped around them (see Figure 2.3(a)). Any damage to the outside (inside) of the auditory nerve will therefore result in high- (low-) frequency hearing loss respectively. — David M. Howard, Jamie Angus, Acoustics and Psychoacoustics, 567

Categorization

• XREF: Links to the reader’s interest in silence and hearing degradation; tonotopic organization of the nerve maps to damage patterns. — connects to: Damage location in the ear maps onto specific frequency regions of hearing loss. — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 262; Ossicular mass increases from otosclerosis cause high-frequency hearing loss — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 265

Broader Connections

• Ossicular mass increases from otosclerosis cause high-frequency hearing loss #exemplifies (0.85) — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 265
• Damage location in the ear maps onto specific frequency regions of hearing loss. #exemplifies (0.80) — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 262