TY - CHAP AU - Takahiro Tamesue ED - Sadaf Naz Y1 - 2012-03-28 PY - 2012 T1 - A Prediction Method for Speech Audibility Taking Account of Hearing Loss Due to Aging Under Meaningless Noise N2 - Authored by 17 international researchers and research teams, the book provides up-to-date insights on topics in five different research areas related to normal hearing and deafness. Techniques for assessment of hearing and the appropriateness of the Mongolian gerbil as a model for age-dependent hearing loss in humans are presented. Parental attitudes to childhood deafness and role of early intervention for better treatment of hearing loss are also discussed. Comprehensive details are provided on the role of different environmental insults including injuries in causing deafness. Additionally, many genes involved in hearing loss are reviewed and the genetics of recessively inherited moderate to severe and progressive deafness is covered for the first time. The book also details established and evolving therapies for treatment of deafness. BT - Hearing Loss SP - Ch. 3 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/33445 DO - 10.5772/33445 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-19 ER -