Excess noise damages cochlear hair cells through several distinct mechanisms

Evidence

Sensorineural damage is typically caused by excess noise exposure that damages the hair cells in the cochlea. The hair bundles of the hair cells can be damaged, or the cells themselves can suffer from a metabolic disorder, swell up, or be completely destroyed. — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 2647

Categorization

• XREF: Connects directly to the reader’s prior work on noise exposure, soundscapes, and silence research where noise-induced hearing loss was a recurring theme. — connects to: Noise-induced hearing loss begins with impairment of outer hair cells; Loud music damages cochlear structures in distinct ways producing distinct perceptual deficits; Cochlear damage disrupts temporal fine structure needed by the MSO — Jennifer Lentz, Psychoacoustics- Perception of Normal…, 1584
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Ville Pulkki, Matti Karjalainen, Communication Acoustics- An…, 2647