Figure 1.
Flowchart representing the main procedures and subject grouping in the experiment. CTL, control group; NoPre, group without pre-exposed; Pre, group with pre-exposed; 1WPTN, 1-week post-toughening noise; 1D, 1-day post-high-level noise; 3W, 3 weeks post-high-level noise. The numbers in parentheses represent the sample sizes of each group.