Noise-Induced Hearing Loss Scientific Advances /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Le Prell, Colleen G. (Editor), Henderson, Donald (Editor), Fay, Richard R. (Editor), Popper, Arthur N. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, 40
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Neurosciences.; Otorhinolaryngology.; Neurobiology.; Life Sciences.

Exposure to loud noise continues to be one of the largest causes of hearing loss in the adult population, already affecting some 15 percent of Americans between the ages of 20 and 69. There have been a number of discoveries and advances that have increased our understanding of the mechanisms of Nois...