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Hearing Research

Hearing Research provides a forum for papers concerned with basic peripheral and central auditory mechanisms. It emphasizes experimental and clinical studies while also considering theoretical and methodological papers, and publishes original research papers, review and mini-review articles, rapid communications, method/protocol articles, and perspective articles covering auditory anatomy, physiology, psychophysics, imaging, modeling, behavioural studies, hearing aids, cochlear implants, vestibular system research, comparative aspects of hearing, drug and environmental effects on hearing, and clinical studies that contribute to understanding normal and pathological hearing functions.

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Subject Audiology & Speech-language Pathology, Neurosciences, Otorhinolaryngology
Impact Factor 2.5
Quartile Q1
Open Access Type Hybrid
ISSN 0378-5955
eISSN 1878-5891
Invitation Only No
Cost Range Open Access APC: USD 3,920 (excluding taxes); subscription publication: no publication fee charged to authors.

Submission Instructions

Hearing Research accepts the following article types. Click on an article type to view submission instructions.

Research Papers

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 250 words. Abstract must be unstructured.
Manuscript Manuscript must be divided into clearly defined and numbered sections, with subsections numbered hierarchically and the abstract excluded from section numbering. Manuscript must include 1 to 7 English keywords and article highlights consisting of 3 to 5 bullet points of no more than 85 characters each submitted as a separate editable file, and any AI or AI-assisted use for images as part of the research design or methods must be described reproducibly in the methods section.
References Citations must use author-date style. Reference list must be arranged alphabetically and then chronologically if needed, use consistent formatting with journal names abbreviated according to LTWA, and distinguish same-year works by the same author(s) with letters.
Figures & Tables Tables must be submitted as editable text and figures must be supplied as separate files along with the manuscript. Tables must be numbered consecutively, cited in the text, and include captions, and figures must be numbered consecutively, cited in the text, and include captions explaining symbols and abbreviations.
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Review Articles

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 250 words.
Manuscript Review Articles are typically 10,000 words. Articles must be divided into clearly defined and numbered sections. Manuscripts must include 1 to 7 keywords in English and article highlights submitted as a separate editable file containing 3 to 5 bullet points of no more than 85 characters each.
References Citations must use author name and year of publication. The reference list must be arranged alphabetically and then chronologically if necessary, with multiple works by the same author in the same year distinguished by letters.
Figures & Tables Tables must be submitted as editable text within the manuscript, while figures and other graphical media must be supplied as separate files. Tables must be numbered consecutively, cited in the text, and include captions, and figures must be numbered in sequence, cited in the text, and include captions that provide a brief title and description.
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Short Review

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 250 words. Abstract should be unstructured and concise.
Manuscript Short Review submissions are typically 3,000 words. Articles must be divided into clearly defined and numbered sections. The submission must include 1 to 7 English keywords and article highlights consisting of 3 to 5 bullet points submitted as a separate editable file, and generated AI or AI-assisted tools must not be used to create or alter images in the manuscript.
References Citations must use an author-date style. The reference list must be arranged alphabetically and then chronologically if necessary, with same-year works by the same author distinguished by letters.
Figures & Tables Figures must be uploaded as separate files, while tables are included as editable text. Tables must be submitted as editable text with captions, and all figures and tables must be cited and numbered consecutively in the text.
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Short Communication

Cover Letter Cover Letter requirements are not specified.
Abstract An abstract is required. Abstract must not exceed 250 words. Abstract must be unstructured.
Manuscript Short Communication text is limited to 2,500 words. Manuscript must be divided into clearly defined and numbered sections. Manuscript must include 1 to 7 English keywords, and 3 to 5 highlights must be submitted as a separate editable file with each bullet no longer than 85 characters including spaces.
References References must use an author-date style. Reference list must be arranged alphabetically and then chronologically if needed, with same-year works by the same author distinguished as a, b, c, and journal names abbreviated according to LTWA.
Figures & Tables Short Communication may include a maximum of 4 figures and/or tables. Figures must be supplied as separate files, while tables are submitted within the manuscript as editable text. Tables must be editable text with captions and citations in the manuscript, and each figure must be submitted as a separate numbered file with a caption and cited in the text.
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Recent Publications

Restoring auditory discrimination in noise: mismatch negativity evidence for a deep neural network-based denoising system in hearing aids

Wanting Huang, Yuanbo Zheng, Volker Küehnel, Stefan Launer, Hongwei Ding, Jingjing Guan

10.1016/j.heares.2026.109635
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Corrigendum to “Exploring the relationship between task difficulty, head-related transfer function and spatial release from masking in a speech-on-speech experiment” [Hearing Research Volume 470 (2026), 109490]

Thibault Vicente, Daniel González-Toledo, María Cuevas-Rodríguez, Luis Molina-Tanco, Arcadio Reyes-Lecuona, Lorenzo Picinali

10.1016/j.heares.2026.109616
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Musical pitch and timbre perception deficits in tinnitus with normal hearing: the role of extended high-frequency sensitivity and spectral-temporal resolution

Mert Kılıç, Hatice Merve Yücel, Mustafa Yüksel, Zahra Polat

10.1016/j.heares.2026.109623
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Influence of personality, cognition, and hearing loss on the association of real-world listening conditions with self-reported listening effort and heart rate

Andreea Micula, Trine Flensborg-Madsen, Jeppe Høy Christensen

10.1016/j.heares.2026.109624
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Neuroscience Prior knowledge guided EEG representation disentanglement for auditory attention decoding

Yibo Chen, Ning Chen, Yixiang Niu, Dingxin Chen, Wenze Qiu, Hongqing Zhu, Zhiying Zhu

10.1016/j.heares.2026.109625
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Frequently asked questions

How long does it take to publish?

2 days from submission to first decision; 44 days from submission to decision after review; 96 days from submission to acceptance; 2 days from acceptance to first online publication.

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What are the publication costs?

Open Access APC: USD 3,920 (excluding taxes). Subscription publication has no publication fee charged to authors.

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Research Topics

Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation Vestibular and auditory disorders Noise Effects and Management Neural dynamics and brain function Neuroscience and Music Perception Ear Surgery and Otitis Media Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior Marine animal studies overview Human auditory perception and evaluation Diverse Scientific and Economic Studies Acoustic Wave Phenomena Research Multisensory perception and integration Speech and Audio Processing Biochemical Analysis and Sensing Techniques Educational Robotics and Engineering Bat Biology and Ecology Studies Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research Ion Channels and Receptors Ion channel regulation and function Neuroscience of respiration and sleep Connexins and lens biology Neuroscience and Neural Engineering Olfactory and Sensory Function Studies Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

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