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The Inferior Colliculus: Involvement in Hyperactivity and Tinnitus

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Abstract

This chapter addresses several broad issues regarding the role of the inferior colliculus (IC) in tinnitus:

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by grants from the Action on Hearing Loss (RNID) and The University of Western Australia.

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  1. The Auditory Laboratory, Discipline of Physiology, School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia

    Donald Robertson

  2. The Auditory Laboratory, School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human Biology, The University of Western Australia, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley, WA, 6009, Australia

    Wilhelmina Mulders

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    Jos J. Eggermont

  2. Dept. Otolaryngology - Head &, Neck Surgery, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, 92697, California, USA

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Robertson, D., Mulders, W. (2012). The Inferior Colliculus: Involvement in Hyperactivity and Tinnitus. In: Eggermont, J., Zeng, FG., Popper, A., Fay, R. (eds) Tinnitus. Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, vol 44. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3728-4_6

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