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Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

Scientific Advances

  • Constitutes an important contemporary reference work on noise-induced hearing loss.
  • Combines different methodological and experimental approaches.
  • Includes a diverse range of aspects of human auditory perception.
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research (SHAR, volume 40)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Perspectives on Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

    • Colleen G. Le Prell, Donald Henderson
    Pages 1-10
  3. Noise-Induced Hearing Loss: Scope of the Problem

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
  4. Relationship Between Noise Exposure and Resulting Anatomical, Physiological, and Perceptual Changes in Hearing

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39
    2. The Use of Kurtosis Measurement in the Assessment of Potential Noise Trauma

      • Donald Henderson, Roger P. Hamernik
      Pages 41-55
    3. Neural Coding of Sound with Cochlear Damage

      • Eric D. Young
      Pages 87-135
    4. The Neurobiology of Noise-Induced Tinnitus

      • James A. Kaltenbach, Ryan Manz
      Pages 151-175
  5. Susceptibility and Factors Contributing to NIHL

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177
    2. Genes That Influence Susceptibility to Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

      • Tzy-Wen Gong, Margaret I. Lomax
      Pages 179-203
    3. Effects of Exposure to Chemicals on Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

      • Thais C. Morata, Ann-Christin Johnson
      Pages 223-254
  6. Protection and Repair

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 255-255
    2. Prevention of Noise-Induced Hearing Loss: Potential Therapeutic Agents

      • Colleen G. Le Prell, Jianxin Bao
      Pages 285-338
    3. Frontiers in the Treatment of Hearing Loss

      • Tatsuya Yamasoba, Josef M. Miller, Mats Ulfendahl, Richard A. Altschuler
      Pages 339-367
  7. Back Matter

    Pages 369-376

About this book

Exposure to loud noise continues to be the largest cause of hearing loss in the adult population. The problem of NIHL impacts a number of disciplines. US standards for permissible noise exposure were originally published in 1968 and remain largely unchanged today. Indeed, permissible noise exposure for US personnel is significantly greater than that allowed in numerous other countries, including for example, Canada, China, Brazil, Mexico, and the European Union. However, there have been a number of discoveries and advances that have increased our understanding of the mechanisms of NIHL. These advances have the potential to impact how NIHL can be prevented and how our noise standards can be made more appropriate.

Reviews

From the reviews:

“The book relates psychophysically, via loudness factors the damage which occurs to outer hair cells, inner hair cells, basilar membrane and the cochlea during high or low pitch loud auditory stimuli. … This book will be of great interest to psychophysicists, brain researchers, audiologists, ENT doctors, graduate students, advanced undergraduate neurophysiology majors, etc. I wholeheartedly recommend this book to the academic community.” (Joseph J. Grenier, Amazon.com, October, 2013)

“It is from a series of volumes on auditory research aimed at graduate students, post-doctoral researchers and clinical investigators … . It concentrates on recent advances in the understanding of mechanisms associated with NIHL. … the book points to the future use of therapeutic antioxidants and other agents as a potential protection for the inner ear! … for an occupational health practitioner, this is one for the reference library.” (Ian J. Lawson, Occupational Medicine, Vol. 62 (6), September, 2012)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA

    Colleen G. Le Prell

  • Department of Communication Disorders and Science Center for Hearing Research College of Arts and Sciences, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, USA

    Donald Henderson

  • Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, USA

    Richard R. Fay

  • Department of Biology, University of Maryland, College Park, USA

    Arthur N. Popper

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Noise-Induced Hearing Loss

  • Book Subtitle: Scientific Advances

  • Editors: Colleen G. Le Prell, Donald Henderson, Richard R. Fay, Arthur N. Popper

  • Series Title: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9523-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-9522-3Published: 05 October 2011

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4614-2996-8Published: 27 October 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-9523-0Published: 30 October 2011

  • Series ISSN: 0947-2657

  • Series E-ISSN: 2197-1897

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 378

  • Topics: Neurobiology, Otorhinolaryngology, Neurosciences

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eBook USD 109.00
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Softcover Book USD 139.99
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  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book USD 199.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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