Hidden Bibliographic Details
| Other authors / contributors: | Li, Huawei, editor.
Chai, Renjie, editor.
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| ISBN: | 9789811361234
9811361231
9789811361241
981136124X
9789811361227
9811361223
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| Digital file characteristics: | text file PDF
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| Notes: | Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed April 3, 2019).
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| Summary: | This book systematically discusses the pathogenesis, prevention, and the current and potential clinical treatment of hearing loss, as well as the latest advances in hearing research. Hearing loss is a prevalent sensory disorder, which according to a 2015 World Health Organization (WHO) report affected 9% of the global population in 2015. As populations continue to age, more and more people are suffering from the condition, with 60% of those aged between 65 and 75 affected. Hearing loss seriously affects patients' ability to work ability and quality of life, and as such deafness has become an increasingly urgent social problem around the globe. Sensorineural hearing loss is mainly caused by damage to the hair cells (HCs), and the subsequent loss of spiral ganglion neurons (SGNs). Damage to the HCs in the inner ear can result from exposure to loud noises and environmental and chemical toxins as well as genetic disorders, aging, and certain medications. This book provides ENT specialists and researchers, as well as individuals affected a comprehensive introduction to the field of hearing loss.
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| Other form: | Print version: Hearing loss. Singapore : Springer, 2019 9811361223 9789811361227
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| Standard no.: | 10.1007/978-981-13-6123-4
10.1007/978-981-13-6
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