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Hearing Loss: Causes, Prevention, and Treatment covers hearing loss, causes and prevention, treatments, and future directions in the field, also looking at the cognitive problems… Read more
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Hearing Loss: Causes, Prevention, and Treatment covers hearing loss, causes and prevention, treatments, and future directions in the field, also looking at the cognitive problems that can develop.
To avoid the “silent epidemic” of hearing loss, it is necessary to promote early screening, use hearing protection, and change public attitudes toward noise. Successful treatments of hearing loss deal with restoring hearing sensitivity via hearing aids, including cochlear, brainstem, or midbrain implants. Both the technical aspects and effects on the quality of life of these devices are discussed.
The integration of all aspects of hearing, hearing loss, prevention, and treatment make this a perfect one-volume course in audiology at the graduate student level. However, it is also a great reference for established audiologists, ear surgeons, neurologists, and pediatric and geriatric professionals.
Part I: The Basics
Chapter 1. Hearing Basics
Chapter 2. Brain Plasticity and Perceptual Learning
Chapter 3. Multisensory Processing
Part II: The Problem
Chapter 4. Hearing Problems
Chapter 5. Types of Hearing Loss
Part III: The Causes
Chapter 6. Causes of Acquired Hearing Loss
Chapter 7. Epidemiology and Genetics of Hearing Loss and Tinnitus
Chapter 8. Early Diagnosis and Prevention of Hearing Loss
Part IV: The Treatments
Chapter 9. Hearing Aids
Chapter 10. Implantable Hearing Aids
Chapter 11. Cochlear Implants
Part V: The Future
Chapter 12. Auditory Brainstem and Midbrain Implants
Chapter 13. Repairing and Building New Ears
Appendix A. Electrocochleography From the Promontory and via a Cochlear Implant
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