Summary schematic of blast-induced auditory pathophysiological findings and implications from the cochlea to the cortex. Auditory system drawing was adapted with permission from Caspary et al. (2008). A1, primary auditory cortex; ABR, auditory brain stem recording; AMF, amplitude modulation frequency; AN, auditory nerve; DCN, dorsal cochlear nucleus; DPOAE, distortion product otoacoustic emission; EFR, envelope following response; IC, inferior colliculus; IHC, inner hair cell; LL, lateral lemniscus; MGB, medial geniculate body; MLR, middle latency recording; OHC, outer hair cell; SOC, superior olivary complex.