Hearing Loss: Causes, Prevention, and Treatment

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 fieldWritten for researchers and clinicians, such as auditory neuroscientists, audiologists, neurologists, speech pathologists, pediatricians, and geriatriciansPresents the benefits and problems with hearing aids and cochlear implantsIncludes important quality of life issues

Part I: The Basics 1. Hearing Basics 2. Brain Plasticity and Perceptual Learning 3. Multisensory Processing

Part II: The Problem 4. Hearing Problems 5. Types of Hearing Loss

Part III: The Causes 6. Causes of Acquired Hearing Loss 7. Epidemiology and Genetics of Hearing Loss and Tinnitus 8. Early Diagnosis and Prevention of Hearing Loss

Part IV: The Treatments 9. Hearing Aids 10. Implantable Hearing Aids 11. Cochlear Implants

Part V: The Future 12. Auditory Brainstem and Midbrain Implants 13. Repairing and Building New Ears