Auditory Neuropathy - Possible Sites of Lesion

Possible Sites of Lesion

Neuron: Hair cell

Three rows of Outer Hair Cells in the Organ of Corti, one row of Inner Hair Cells.
Gray's subject #232 1057

Based on clinical testing of subjects with auditory neuropathy, the disruption in the stream of sound information has been localized to one or more of three probable locations: the inner hair cells of the cochlea, the synapse between the inner hair cells and the auditory nerve, or a lesion of the ascending auditory nerve itself.

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