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3. November 2025:

Capturing the scene of efferent action on in situ outer hair cells
Jong-Hoon Nam, University of Rochester, USA

The impact of chloride homeostasis on development of LOC and LSO neurons
Ivan Milenkovic, Universität Oldenburg

Mapping inputs and activity of lateral olivocochlear neurons using genetic tools in mice
Gabriel Romero, Harvard Medical School, USA

An afferent auditory physiologist’s encounters with the efferent system
Tobias Moser, MPI for Multidisciplinary Sciences

Introducing descending feedback loops in auditory models: where and how (and for what purpose)
Go Ashida, Universität Oldenburg

Vestibular efferents: Using synaptic mechanisms to predict function
Chris Holt, University of Rochester, USA

Advanced approaches to dissect the role of the lateral efferent system in shaping auditory nerve fiber activity
Philippe Vicent, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, USA

4. November 2025:

Techniques for high-quality electrocochleography in humans: Assessment of auditory nerve and reflex function
Skyler Jennings, University of Utah Health, USA

Using behavioral masking paradigms in humans to measure efferent effects 
Elizabeth Strickland, Purdue University, USA

Investigating the potential role of olivocochlear efferents in adaptation to noise
Enrique Lopez Poveda, University of Salamanca, Spain

Beyond the audiogram: High(er) throughput methods for measuring masking and behavior in noise in mouse models
Amanda Lauer, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA

Efferent effects on DPOAE growth functions
Shawn Goodman, University of Iowa, USA

A strategy to measure click-evoked otoacoustic emissions that reveal efferent responses during masking paradigms, in humans and awake rabbits
Laurel Carney, University of Rochester, USA

5. November 2025:

Fast vestibular efferent action, a prelude to large self-generated head movements?
Alan Brichta, University of Newcastle, Australia

From cochlear synapse to system: Techniques for investigating MOC contributions to hearing and protection
Maria Eugenia Gomez Casati, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Circuit architecture and axonal branching in the efferent auditory system
Brett Schofield, Northeast Ohio Medical University, USA

Comparative anatomy of the peripheral olivocochlear efferent system: old challenges and new approaches
Sonja Pyott, Universität Oldenburg

Efferent cochlear innervation in gerbils and birds: Challenges of immunohistochemistry on non-standard species
Christine Köppl, Universität Oldenburg

Co-Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation), as the International Scientific Event KO 1143/20-1, Project ID 550257122