Hearing loss is one of the most important public health matters worldwide, severely affecting
people's social, psychological, and cognitive development. The perception of sound …

Hearing impairment is one of the most common maladies affecting older adults. Almost two
thirds of individuals 70 years of age and older have some level of hearing loss. 1 The …

Genetical, ageing, excessive noise and certain antibiotics are account for majority of
permanent hearing loss in humans. Hearing loss is caused by dysfunction of the sensory …

Hearing loss is one of the major worldwide health problems that seriously affects human
social and cognitive development. In the auditory system, three components outer ear …

More than 5% of the world population lives with a hearing impairment. The main factors
responsible for hearing degeneration are ototoxic drugs, aging, continued exposure to …

The hair cells that reside in the cochlear sensory epithelium are the fundamental sensory
structures responsible for understanding the mechanical sound waves evoked in the …

Despite impressive technical progress in the field of conventional hearing aids and
implantable hearing systems, the hopes for the treatment of inner ear diseases such as …

Hearing loss, or deafness, affects 360 million people worldwide of which about 32 million
are children. Deafness is irreversible when it involves sensory hair cell death because the …

Disabling hearing loss is the most common sensorineural disability worldwide. It affects
around 466 million people and its incidence is expected to rise to around 900 million people …

Hearing loss is a costly and growing problem for the elderly population worldwide with
millions of people being affected. There are currently two prosthetic devices available to …