The stochastic resonance model of auditory perception: A unified explanation of tinnitus development, Zwicker tone illusion, and residual inhibition

Schilling A, Tziridis K, Schulze H, Krauß P (2021)

Publication Type: Book chapter / Article in edited volumes

Publication year: 2021

Journal

Progress in Brain Research Elsevier Science

Publisher: Elsevier B.V.

Edited Volumes: Progress in Brain Research

DOI: 10.1016/bs.pbr.2021.01.025

Abstract

Stochastic resonance (SR) has been proposed to play a major role in auditory perception, and to maintain optimal information transmission from the cochlea to the auditory system. By this, the auditory system could adapt to changes of the auditory input at second or even sub-second timescales. In case of reduced auditory input, somatosensory projections to the dorsal cochlear nucleus would be disinhibited in order to improve hearing thresholds by means of SR. As a side effect, the increased somatosensory input corresponding to the observed tinnitus-associated neuronal hyperactivity is then perceived as tinnitus. In addition, the model can also explain transient phantom tone perceptions occurring after ear plugging, or the Zwicker tone illusion. Vice versa, the model predicts that via stimulation with acoustic noise, SR would not be needed to optimize information transmission, and hence somatosensory noise would be tuned down, resulting in a transient vanishing of tinnitus, an effect referred to as residual inhibition.

Authors with CRIS profile

Achim Schilling Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Konstantin Tziridis Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery Holger Schulze Professur für Experimentelle HNO-Heilkunde Patrick Krauß Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery

How to cite

APA:

Schilling, A., Tziridis, K., Schulze, H., & Krauß, P. (2021). The stochastic resonance model of auditory perception: A unified explanation of tinnitus development, Zwicker tone illusion, and residual inhibition. In Progress in Brain Research. Elsevier B.V..

MLA:

Schilling, Achim, et al. "The stochastic resonance model of auditory perception: A unified explanation of tinnitus development, Zwicker tone illusion, and residual inhibition." Progress in Brain Research. Elsevier B.V., 2021.

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