Overview

Noise-induced hearing loss is one of the most common occupational diseases. Approximately 30 million workers in the USA alone are exposed to hazardous noise at work. There is no effective treatment for permanent hearing loss resulting from excessive noise exposure. Furthermore, the condition can be easily prevented using preventative measures such as personal hearing protection devices or hearing protectors. This book summarises the evidence for the effectiveness and safety of different types of hearing protective devises among workers exposed to noise in the workplace. Furthermore, sensori-neural hearing loss is a frequent complication of radiotherapy of head and neck tumours, when the auditory pathways have been included in the radiation field. This book focuses on reviewing three aspects of radiation-induced SNHL which have significant impact on modern-day medicine. Otoacoustic emissions (OAEs) are a promising technique for the early detection of mild hearing loss. The authors of this book re-evaluate recently published OAE data and its role in hearing loss evaluation. Other chapters provide new insights into our understanding of the influence of chronic sublethal hypoxia on functional integrity of the auditory system, interventions in hearing impairment due to peri-natal asphyxia and the effects of clinical studies using rTMS in tinnitus patients.

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Author:   Derick Fiedler ,  Rowland Krause
Publisher:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 26.00cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 18.00cm
Weight:   0.888kg
ISBN:  

9781607412595

ISBN 10:   1607412594
Pages:   393
Publication Date:   18 August 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Awaiting stock  
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Table of Contents

Preface; Noise-Induced Hearing Loss in Youth Caused by Leisure Noise; Current Concepts in Radiation-Induced Sensori-Neural Hearing Loss; Target Antigens in Immune-Mediated Hearing Loss: From Recognition to Diagnostic Tool; Damage of Chronic Sublethal Hypoxia to the Immature Auditory Brainstem; Treatment of Tinnitus with Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation; An Informatics Approach to Studying the Role of Myosins in the Inner Ear; Tight Junction Proteins & the Etiology of Hereditary Hearing Loss in Humans & Animal Models; A Systematic Review of Hearing Protective Devices: Types, Uses & Safety; DPOAE Abnormalities after Perinatal Asphyxia; Role of Otoacoustic Emissions in Hearing Loss Evaluation; Sodium Enoxiparin in the Treatment of Idiopathic Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss; Molecular Screening of Deafness in Populations & Patients with Nonsyndromic Congenital Deafness from the Volga-Ural Region of Russia; Signs of Binaural Processing with Bilateral Cochlea Implants in the Case of Someone with More Than 50 Years of Unilateral Deafness; Cisplatin Ototoxicity: A Key for the Understanding of the Inner Ear Pathology; Modelling the Perceptual Masking Properties of the Human Auditory System Using Neural Networks; Commentary: Acupuncture in the Treatment of Ear Disorders; Index.

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