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In this study, we investigated whether delivering lithium chloride to the round-window can regenerate synaptic loss of cochlea after acoustic overexposure. Our rat animal model of noise-induced cochlear synaptopathy caused about 50% loss of synapses in the cochlear basal region without damaging hair cells. We locally delivered a single treatment of poloxamer 407 (vehicle) containing lithium chloride (either 1 mM or 2 mM) to the round-window niche 24 hours after noise exposure. Controls included animals exposed to noise who received only the vehicle. Auditory brainstem responses were measured 3 days, 1 week, and 2 weeks post-exposure treatment, and cochleas were harvested 1 week and 2 weeks post-exposure treatment for histological analysis. As documented by confocal microscopy of immunostained ribbon synapses, local delivery of 2 mM lithium chloride produced synaptic regeneration coupled with corresponding functional recovery, as seen in the suprathreshold amplitude of auditory brainstem response wave 1. Western blot analyses revealed that 2 mM lithium chloride suppressed\n                    <jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic>\n                    -methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor expression 7 days after noise-exposure. 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