OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Hearing Research is 25. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Digitizing audiograms with deep learning: structured data extraction and pseudonymization for hearing big data	130
Linear mixed-effect modeling of organ of Corti vibratory tuning curves	59
Cross-sectional screening for inflammation in tinnitus with near-normal hearing	55
Cognitive load in noise: Neural signatures of speech recognition challenges in children with hearing aids	55
Single-cell RNA sequencing analysis of mouse cochlea identifies a novel proinflammatory CD74+CD14+ macrophage subset in mice with age-related and noise-induced hearing loss	54
Outer hair cell electromechanics as a problem in soft matter physics: Prestin, the membrane and the cytoskeleton	46
Brainstem auditory physiology in children with listening difficulties,	42
Investigating the neurophysiological effects of active noise cancellation on concentration in noisy environments using functional near-infrared spectroscopy	38
Sox2 is required in supporting cells for normal levels of vestibular hair cell regeneration in adult mice	34
Multisession epidural direct current stimulation of the auditory cortex mitigates age-related transcriptomic dysregulation in Wistar rats	33
Distortion-product otoacoustic emission input-output characteristics of misophonic ears with normal hearing	32
Development of audiometric parameters throughout the lifespan. II: Relationships between parameters	31
The Audible Contrast Threshold (ACT) test: A clinical spectro-temporal modulation detection test	30
Anxiety and depression among Canadian undergraduates with decreased sound tolerance	30
Two new mouse alleles of Ocm and Slc26a5	30
Interaural frequency mismatch jointly modulates neural brainstem binaural interaction and behavioral interaural time difference sensitivity in humans	29
Increased vulnerability to noise exposure of low spontaneous rate type 1C spiral ganglion neuron synapses with inner hair cells	29
Associations between the medial olivocochlear reflex, middle-ear muscle reflex, and sentence-in-noise recognition using steady and pulsed noise elicitors	29
Gonad-derived steroid hormones mediate a sex difference in the maturation of auditory encoding in the cochlea from adolescence to early adulthood in C57BL/6J mice	28
The relationship between auditory brainstem responses, cognitive ability, and speech-in-noise perception among young adults with normal hearing thresholds	27
Conceptualizing the substrates and sequelae of decreased sound tolerance as a developmental cascade: A pilot study	27
Auditory processing control by the medial prefrontal cortex: A review of the rodent functional organisation	27
Sentence recall and neurophysiological effects of the “2-Sentence Problem” under time compression in younger and older listeners	26
From the outer ear to the nerve: A complete computer model of the peripheral auditory system	26
Moderate presbycusis boosts audio-visual integration, but not lip-reading	25

Chronic cochlear implantation with and without electric stimulation in a mouse model induces robust cochlear influx of CX3CR1+/GFP macrophages	25
The role of the Ventral Nucleus of the Trapezoid Body in the auditory prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle reflex	25
Can cognitive performance predict individual differences in speech recognition at a cocktail party?	25
Editorial introduction: A collection of papers presented at the Symposium on ‘‘The roots of auditory neuroscience in Spain: A tribute to Prof. Miguel A. Merchán’’	25
Speech perception in noise, working memory, and attention in children: A scoping review	25