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Hair cell loss – cause or consequence of hearing loss? [PDF]

Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology
Hair cell loss is a major hallmark of hearing loss. Historically, hair cell loss has been considered the major cause of hearing loss. Typically, synapses between hair cells and auditory nerve fibers and stereocilia are lost even before hair cells.
Maurizio Cortada, Maurizio Cortada, Soledad Levano, Daniel Bodmer, Daniel Bodmer   +4 more
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Hearing loss prevalence and years lived with disability, 1990–2019 [Elektronisk resurs] : findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 [PDF]

, 2021
Background: Hearing loss affects access to spoken language, which can affect cognition and development, and can negatively affect social wellbeing. We present updated estimates from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study on the prevalence of hearing ...
Orru, Hans,, GBD 2019 Hearing Loss Collaborators   +1 more
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Detection of Cochlear Hearing Loss Applying Wavelet Packets and Support Vector Machines [PDF]

, 2004
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the application of the wavelet packet transform (WP) and support vector machines (SVM) to transient evoked otoacoustic emissions (TEOAE) in order to achieve a detection of frequency-specific hearing loss. We introduce
Weiss, Stephan, S. Weiss, H. Dietl, Dietl, H., Weiss, S., Dietl, Hubert   +5 more
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Delivering Therapeutics to the Cochlea: The Importance of the Patient’s Perspective

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience, 2019
Hearing loss represents a major sensory impairment in humans with a strong impact on quality of life. The current standard of care for chronic sensorineural hearing loss is limited to hearing aids and implantable devices like cochlear implants ...
Marie-Josée Duran, Ralph Holme
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Hearing Loss in Adults - Silent Epidemic

Journal of Education, Health and Sport, 2023
Introduction: Hearing loss affects 15% of Poles, i.e. more than 5.7 million people. Despite this, it is still underdiagnosed and insufficiently often treated.
Inga Magda, Magdalena Gaik, Ewa Uram, Rafał Bogacz, Magdalena Osuch, Justyna Woźniak, Karol Womperski   +6 more
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Co-occurrence of hearing loss and posttraumatic stress disorder among injured military personnel: a retrospective study

BMC Public Health, 2020
Background Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and hearing loss are hallmark public health issues related to military service in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Andrew J. MacGregor, Antony R. Joseph, G. Jay Walker, Amber L. Dougherty   +3 more
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Hearing Loss in Mucopolysaccharidosis [PDF]

International Archives of Otorhinolaryngology, 2020
Abstract Introduction Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) is a set of rare diseases caused by deficiency of lysosomal enzymes that lead to the accumulation of glycosaminoglycans (GAG) in tissues and organs, which, in turn, is responsible for the multisystemic clinical, chronic, and progressive symptoms.
Cibele Gomes Bicalho, Emília Katiane Embiruçu de Araújo Leão, Álvaro Muiños de Andrade, Angelina Xavier Acosta   +3 more
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Prevalence of Hearing Loss by Severity in the United States [PDF]

, 2016
Objectives. To estimate the age- and severity-specific prevalence of hearing impairment in the United States.Methods. We conducted cross-sectional analyses of 2001 through 2010 data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey on 9648 ...
Goman, Adele M., Lin, Frank R.
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Bone-anchored hearing aids for people with bilateral hearing impairment: a systematic review [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND: Bone-anchored hearing aids (BAHAs) are indicated for people with conductive or mixed hearing loss who can benefit from amplification of sound.
Sheehan, P.Z., Clegg, A.J., Colquitt, J.L., Mitchell, T.E., T.E. Mitchell, A.J. Clegg, P.Z. Sheehan, D.M. Baguley, Loveman, E., D.W. Proops, P. Harris, J. Jones, Harris, P., Welch, K., K. Welch, J.L. Colquitt, Jones, J., Baguley, D.M., Proops, D.W., E. Loveman   +19 more
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Molecular biology of hearing [PDF]

, 2012
The inner ear is our most sensitive sensory organ and can be subdivided into three functional units: organ of Corti, stria vascularis and spiral ganglion.
Diensthuber, M, Stöver, T, Diensthuber, Marc, Stöver, Timo   +3 more
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