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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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Age-Related Hearing Loss Is Dominated by Damage to Inner Ear Sensory Cells, Not the Cellular Battery That Powers Them

Journal of Neuroscience, 2020
Age-related hearing loss arises from irreversible damage in the inner ear, where sound is transduced into electrical signals. Prior human studies suggested that sensory-cell loss is rarely the cause; correspondingly, animal work has implicated the stria ...
Pei-zhe Wu, Pei-zhe Wu, Pei-zhe Wu, J. O'malley, V. Gruttola, M. C. Liberman, M. C. Liberman   +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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Trajectory of hearing loss in children with unilateral hearing loss

Frontiers in Pediatrics, 2023
IntroductionThe aim of this study was to quantify the amount of deterioration in hearing and to document the trajectory of hearing loss in early identified children with unilateral hearing loss (UHL).
Elizabeth M. Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth M. Fitzpatrick, Flora Nassrallah, Isabelle Gaboury, JoAnne Whittingham, JoAnne Whittingham, Bénédicte Vos, Doug Coyle, Andrée Durieux-Smith, Andrée Durieux-Smith, Marie Pigeon, Janet Olds, Janet Olds   +12 more
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Clinical Practice Guideline: Sudden Hearing Loss (Update)

Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery, 2019
Objective Sudden hearing loss is a frightening symptom that often prompts an urgent or emergent visit to a health care provider. It is frequently but not universally accompanied by tinnitus and/or vertigo.
S. Chandrasekhar, S. Chandrasekhar, B. Do, S. Schwartz, L. Bontempo, Erynne A. Faucett, S. Finestone, Deena B. Hollingsworth, David M. Kelley, S. Kmucha, G. Moonis, G. Poling, J. Roberts, R. Stachler, D. Zeitler, Maureen D Corrigan, Lorraine C. Nnacheta, Lisa Satterfield   +17 more
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Evaluation of the Recovery of Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss Based on Estimated Hearing Disorders

Audiology Research, 2022
Various prognostic factors for idiopathic sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL) have been reported. Hearing loss directly derived from idiopathic SSNHL is important for understanding underlying pathogenesis and outcomes. We assessed the usefulness of
Tadashi Nishimura, Tadao Okayasu, Chihiro Morimoto, Sakie Akasaka, Tadashi Kitahara, Hiroshi Hosoi   +5 more
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Prevalence of Hearing Loss in Dutch Newborns; Results of the Nationwide Well-Baby Newborn Hearing Screening Program

Applied Sciences, 2022
Background: Few studies report prevalence rates of hearing loss in newborns for nationwide populations. The Dutch well-baby newborn hearing screening covers almost all eligible children and has high participation rates for follow-up screening rounds and ...
Rosanne B. van der Zee, Noëlle N. Uilenburg, Catharina (Kitty) P. B. van der Ploeg, Evelien Dirks   +3 more
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The Effects of Hearing Loss on Balance: A Critical Review.

Ear and Hearing, 2020
Recent epidemiological findings of associations between hearing loss (HL) and poorer mobility and higher falls risk have increased the demand for ecologically valid experimental research to determine the potential mechanisms underlying human hearing ...
M. Carpenter, Jennifer L. Campos
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Hearing loss in the pediatric age group

Sahel Medical Journal, 2020
Background: Hearing loss is one of the preventable diseases listed by the WHO, even though the prevalence is decreasing in the developed countries. The pediatric age is very important in terms of hearing and therefore speech development.
Uju Matilda Ibekwe, Ediriverere Nosa Oghenekaro   +1 more
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