High-frequency sounds cause more hearing damage than low-frequency sounds

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High-frequency sounds and noise exposure predominantly target the basal region of the cochlea, causing greater vulnerability and hearing damage at high frequencies.

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The retrieved papers consistently show that noise-induced hearing loss and cochlear damage disproportionately affect high-frequency regions (the cochlear base), supported by studies like [0] and [3]. No papers refute the claim.

Evidence for · 2

Neural signatures of auditory hypersensitivity following acoustic trauma

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Matthew McGill, A. Hight, Yurika Watanabe, Aravindakshan Parthasarathy, Dongqin Cai, Kameron K. Clayton, K. Hancock, Anne E. Takesian, S. Kujawa, D. Polley. Neural signatures of auditory hypersensitivity following acoustic trauma. 2022. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.80015

Demonstrates that acoustic trauma primarily damages the high-frequency cochlear base, leading to neural hypersensitivity.

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Guanylyl Cyclase A/cGMP Signaling Slows Hidden, Age- and Acoustic Trauma-Induced Hearing Loss

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Philine Marchetta, Dorit Möhrle, Philipp Eckert, K. Reimann, Steffen Wolter, Arianna Tolone, Isabelle Lang, Markus Wolters, R. Feil, J. Engel, F. Paquet-Durand, M. Kuhn, M. Knipper, L. Rüttiger. Guanylyl Cyclase A/cGMP Signaling Slows Hidden, Age- and Acoustic Trauma-Induced Hearing Loss. 2020. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2020.00083

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judged → SUPPORTED · 8501 Aug 2026

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