Description
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.- Presents an in-depth overview of hearing loss, causes and prevention, treatments, and future directions in the field- Written for researchers and clinicians, such as auditory neuroscientists, audiologists, neurologists, speech pathologists, pediatricians, and geriatricians- Presents the benefits and problems with hearing aids and cochlear implants- Includes important quality of life issues
Table of Contents
Part I: The Basics1. Hearing Basics2. Brain Plasticity and Perceptual Learning3. Multisensory ProcessingPart II: The Problem4. Hearing Problems5. Types of Hearing LossPart III: The Causes6. Causes of Acquired Hearing Loss7. Epidemiology and Genetics of Hearing Loss and Tinnitus8. Early Diagnosis and Prevention of Hearing LossPart IV: The Treatments9. Hearing Aids10. Implantable Hearing Aids11. Cochlear ImplantsPart V: The Future12. Auditory Brainstem and Midbrain Implants13. Repairing and Building New Ears
