Hearing Loss

The message of Hearing Loss: Causes, Prevention, and Treatment is that "hearing loss is in the ear, but hearing problems are in the brain." This book covers hearing loss, causes and prevention, treatments, and future directions of the field as well as looks at the cognitive problems that can develop with hearing loss. To avoid the "silent epidemic" of hearing loss, it is necessary to promote early screening, use hearing protection, and change public attitudes toward noise in general. Successful treatments of hearing loss deal with restoring hearing sensitivity via hearing aids, 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, and a reference for established audiologists, ear surgeons, neurologists, pediatric and geriatric professionals. 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 Goes into depth on the benefits and problems with hearing aids and cochlear implants, and includes important quality of life issues

• | Author: Jos J. Eggermont
• | Publisher: Academic Press
• | Publication Date: Feb 24, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 426 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0128053984
• | ISBN-13: 9780128053980