Recent Publications

2024

Polley DB, Chambers AR. Auditory circuits: Watchmen of the sleeping brain. Current Biology. 2024 Oct 21;34(20):R924-R926.

Clayton K, McGill M, Awwad B, Stecyk KS, Kremer C, Skerleva D, Narayanan DP, Zhu J, Hancock KE, Kujawa SG, Kozin ED, Polley DB. Cortical determinants of loudness perception and auditory hypersensitivity. Preprint. bioRxiv. 2024.05.30.596691. clayton_etal_biorxiv.pdf

Clayton K, Stecyk K, Guo A, Chambers A, Chen K, Hancock K, Polley DB. Sound elicits stereotyped facial movements that provide a sensitive index of hearing abilities. Current Biology. 2024 Mar 6:S0960-9822(24)00239-2. clayton_etal_currbio2024.pdf

Kimchi EY, Burgos-Robles A, Matthews GA, Chakoma T, Patarino M, Weddington JC, Siciliano C, Yang W, Foutch S, Simons R, Fong M, Jing M, Li Y, Polley DB, Tye KM. Reward contingency gates selective cholinergic suppression of amygdala neurons. eLife;12:RP89093. elife-89093-v1.pdf

2023

Smith SS, Jahn KN, Sugai JA, Hancock K, Polley DB. The human pupil and face encode sound affect and provide objective signatures of tinnitus and auditory hypersensitivity disorders. Preprint. bioRxiv. 2023.12.22.571929. smithetal_biorxiv.pdf

Asokan MM, Watanabe Y, Kimchi EY, Polley DB. Potentiated cholinergic and corticofugal inputs support reorganized sensory processing in the basolateral amygdala during auditory threat acquisition and retrieval. Cell Rep. 2023 Oct 31;42(10):113167. asokan_et_al_cellrep_2023.pdf

McGill M, Kremer C, Stecyk K, Clayton K, Skerlava D, Hancock K, Kujawa S, Polley DB. Cortical contributions to the perception of loudness and hyperacusis. Preprint. bioRxiv. 2023.03.24.534013.

Jahn KN, Polley DB. Asymmetric hearing thresholds are associated with hyperacusis in a large clinical population [published online ahead of print, 2023 Jul 15]. Hear Res. 2023;437:108854.

Asokan MM, Polley DB. New revelations from the zone of uncertainty. Neuron. 2023;111(5):601-603.

McHaney JR, Hancock KE, Polley DB, Parthasarathy A. Sensory representations and pupil-indexed listening effort provide complementary contributions to multi-talker speech intelligibility. Preprint. bioRxiv. 2023.08.13.553131. 2023.08.13.553131v1.full.pdf

2022

McGill M, Hight AE, Watanabe YL, et al. Neural signatures of auditory hypersensitivity following acoustic trauma. Elife. 2022;11:e80015. mcgill_et_al_elife_2022.pdf

Smalt CJ, Sugai JA, Koops EA, Jahn KN, Hancock KE, Polley DB. Automatic identification of tinnitus malingering based on overt and covert behavioral responses during psychoacoustic testing. NPJ Digit Med. 2022;5(1):127. smalt_et_al_njp_2022.pdf

Grant KJ, Parthasarathy A, Vasilkov V, Caswell-Midwinter B, Freitas M, Gruttola V, Polley DB, Liberman MC, Maison S . Predicting neural deficits in sensorineural hearing loss from word recognition scores. Sci Rep. 2022;12(1):8929. grant_et_al_2022_sci_rep.pdf

Jahn KN, Hancock KE, Maison SF, Polley DB. Estimated cochlear neural degeneration is associated with loudness hypersensitivity in individuals with normal audiograms. JASA Express Lett. 2022;2(6):064403. jahn_et_al_2022_JASA.pdf

Polley DB, Schiller D. The promise of low-tech intervention in a high-tech era: Remodeling pathological brain circuits using behavioral reverse engineering. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2022;137 (104652). polleyschiller2022.pdf

2021

Robert B, Kimchi EY, Watanabe Y, Chakoma T, Jing M, Li Y, Polley DB. A functional topography within the cholinergic basal forebrain for encoding sensory cues and behavioral reinforcement outcomes. Elife. 2021;109 :e69514. elife-69514-v2-2.pdf

Clayton KK, Asokan MM, Watanabe Y, Hancock KE, Polley DB. Behavioral Approaches to Study Top-Down Influences on Active Listening. Frontiers in Neuroscience. 2021;15. fnins-15-666627.pdf

Asokan MM, Williamson RS, Hancock KE, Polley DB. Inverted central auditory hierarchies for encoding local intervals and global temporal patterns. Current Biology. 2021;31 (8) :1762-1770. e4. asokan_current_biology_main_and_si.pdf

Resnik J, Polley DB. Cochlear neural degeneration disrupts hearing in background noise by increasing auditory cortex internal noise. Neuron. 2021;109 (6) :984-996. e4. resnik_and_polley_neuron_2021.pdf

Clayton KK, Williamson RS, Hancock KE, Tasaka G-I, Mizrahi A, Hacket TA, Polley DB. Auditory Corticothalamic Neurons are Recruited by Motor Preparatory Inputs. Current Biology. 2021;31 (2) :310-321. e5. clayton_et_al_curr_biol_2020.pdf

2020

Chen JX, Whitton JP, Parathasarathy A, Hancock KE, Polley DB. Fluctuations in Subjective Tinnitus Ratings Over Time: Implications for Clinical Research. Otology & Neurotology. 2020;41 (9) :e1167-e1173. published_version_-_fluctuations_in_subjective_tinnitus_ratings_over_time_implications_for_clinical_research.pdf

Parthasarathy A, Pinto SR, Lewis RM, Goedicke W, Polley DB. Data-driven segmentation of audiometric phenotypes across a large clinical cohort. Scientific Reports. 2020;10 (6704) :1-12. parthasarathy_et_al_2020_scirep.pdf

Lewis RM, Jahn KN, Parthasarathy A, Goedicke WB, Polley DB. Audiometric Predictors of Bothersome Tinnitus in a Large Clinical Cohort of Adults With Sensorineural Hearing Loss. Otology Neurotology. 2020;41 (4) :414-421. lewis_jahn_et_al_2020_otolneurotol.pdf

Parthasarathy A, Hancock KE, Bennett K, DeGruttola V, Polley DB. Bottom-up and top-down neural signatures of disordered multi-talker speech perception in adults with normal hearing. eLife. 2020;9 :1-21. parthasarathy_et_al_2020_elife.pdf