Hearing loss: causes, prevention, and treatment

Part I. The Basics -- 1. Hearing Basics. -- 1.1 Hearing Sensitivity in the Animal Kingdom -- 1.2 The Mammalian Middle Ear -- 1.3 The Mammalian Inner Ear -- 1.4 The Auditory Nerve -- 1.5 Ribbon Synapses -- 1.6 The Central Afferent System -- 1.7 The Efferent System -- 1.8 Sound Localization -- 1.9 Summary -- References -- 2. Brain Plasticity and Perceptual Learning -- 2.1 The External Environment -- 2.2 Learning Paradigms -- 2.3 Perceptual Learning -- 2.4 Auditory Training -- 2.5 AV Training -- 2.6 Music Training -- 2.7 Training by Playing Action Video Games -- 2.8 Summary -- References -- 3. Multisensory Processing -- 3.1 Multimodal Auditory Cortical Areas -- 3.2 AV Interaction in Humans -- 3.3 Auditory-Somatosensory Interaction -- 3.4 Summary -- References -- Part II. The Problem -- 4. Hearing Problems -- 4.1 The Various Consequences of Noise Exposure -- 4.2 Sound Localization Problems -- 4.3 The Cocktail Party, Where Identification and Localization Come Together -- 4.4 Other Consequences of Hearing Loss -- 4.5 Neurological Disorders With Hearing Problems -- 4.6 Hearing Disorders Without Hearing Sensitivity Loss -- 4.7 Nonauditory Effects of Hearing Loss -- 4.8 Summary -- References -- 5. Types of Hearing Loss -- 5.1 Site of Lesion Testing -- 5.2 Conductive Hearing Loss -- 5.3 Use of Tympanometry in Detecting Conductive Hearing Loss -- 5.4 Sensorineural Hearing Loss -- 5.5 Loudness Recruitment -- 5.6 Auditory Neuropathy -- 5.7 Vestibular Schwannoma -- 5.8 Meniere disease-- 5.9 Age-Related Hearing Impairment (Presbycusis) -- 5.10 Summary -- References -- Part III. The Causes -- 6. Causes of Acquired Hearing Loss -- 6.1 Occupational Noise Exposure in General -- 6.2 Recreational Noise and Music -- 6.3 Animal Research into Effects of Noise Exposure on the Brain -- 6.4 Ototoxicity -- 6.5 Long-Term Effects of Conductive Hearing Loss in Infancy -- 6.6 Vestibular Schwannoma -- 6.7 MeÃîünieÃîÔé¼re's Disease -- 6.8 Diabetes -- 6.9 Summary -- References -- 7. Epidemiology and Genetics of Hearing Loss and Tinnitus -- 7.1 Epidemiology of Sensorineural Hearing Loss -- 7.2 Epidemiology of Age-Related Hearing Loss -- 7.3 Epidemiology of Tinnitus -- 7.4 Epidemiology of Smoking and Alcohol Consumption -- 7.5 Epidemiology of Diabetes -- 7.6 Epidemiology of Otitis Media -- 7.7 Epidemiology of Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder -- 7.8 Genetics of Sensorineural Hearing Loss -- 7.9 Genetics of Otosclerosis -- 7.10 Genetics of Auditory Neuropathy -- 7.11 Gene Networks -- 7.12 Hereditary Versus Acquired Hearing Loss -- 7.13 Summary -- References -- 8. Early Diagnosis and Prevention of Hearing Loss -- 8.1 Normal Human Auditory Development -- 8.2 Effects of Early Hearing Loss on Speech Production -- 8.3 Early Detection -- 8.4 Noise Exposure During Adolescence and Young Adulthood -- 8.5 Physical Hearing Protection -- 8.6 Education -- 8.7 Drug Protection Against Noise-Induced Hearing Loss -- 8.8 Summary -- References -- Part IV. The Treatments -- 9. Hearing Aids -- 9.1 Effects of Hearing Loss -- 9.2 Acclimatization and Plasticity -- 9.3 Satisfaction and Quality of Life -- 9.4 Types of Hearing Aids -- 9.5 Processing -- 9.6 High-Frequency Hearing Loss, Loudness Recruitment, and Reduced SNR -- 9.7 Hearing Aids and Music Perception -- 9.8 Hearing Aids and Tinnitus -- 9.9 Summary -- References -- 10. Implantable Hearing Aids -- 10.1 Bone Conduction Mechanisms -- 10.2 Bone-Anchored Hearing Aids -- 10.3 Implantable Active Middle Ear Devices -- 10.4 Summary -- References -- 11. Cochlear Implants -- 11.1 Basics of Cochlear Implants -- 11.2 A Little History -- 11.3 Sound Processing Strategies -- 11.4 Temporal Processing With a Cochlear Implant -- 11.5 Effects of Age on Implantation -- 11.6 Cochlear Implants and Music Perception -- 11.7 One-Sided or Bilateral Implantation? -- 11.8 Cochlear Implantation and Tinnitus -- 11.9 Modeling Studies -- 11.10 Summary -- References -- Part V. The Future -- 12. Auditory Brainstem and Midbrain Implants -- 12.1 Auditory Brainstem Implants -- 12.2 Auditory Midbrain Implants -- 12.3 Summary -- References -- 13. Repairing and Building New Ears -- 13.1 Gene Therapy for Hereditary Hearing Loss -- 13.2 Regenerating Hair Cells -- 13.3 Birds Can Do It -- 13.4 Trials in Mammals -- 13.5 Outlook -- References -- Appendix A: Electrocochleography From the Promontory and via a Cochlear Implant."