Includes bibiliographical references and index.

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Anatomy and Physiology of the Peripheral and Central Auditory System
(Fabio Bucchieri, Fabio Carletti, Sabrina David, Francesco Cappello, Giuseppe Ferraro and Pierangelo Sardo, Department of Experimental Biomedicine and Clinical Neuroscience, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy)

Chapter 2. Genetics in Sensorineural Hearing Loss
(Alessandro Castiglione, MD, PhD, Department of Neurosciences and Complex Operative Unit of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital of Padua, Padua, Italy)

Chapter 3. Congenital Sensorineural Hearing Loss
(Sara Ghiselli, MD, Bruno Galletti, MD, Francesco Freni1, MD, PhD, Rocco Bruno, MD, and Francesco Galletti, MD, University of Messina, Department of Human Pathology of the Adult and of the Developmental Age “G. Barresi”, ENT Section, Messina, Italy, and others)

Chapter 4. Neuroplasticity and Sensorineural Hearing Loss
(Francesco Dispenza, MD PhD, Alessia Maria Battaglia, MD, Gabriele Ebbreo, MD, Alessia Ceraso, MD, Vito Pontillo, MD, and Antonina Mistretta, MD, Istituto Euromediterraneo di Scienza e Tecnologia – IEMEST, Palermo, Italy, and others)

Chapter 5. Neuroradiology of the Hearing System
(Cesare Gagliardo, MD, PhD, Silvia Piccinini, MD, Claudia Calafiore, MD, and Paola Feraco MD, Section of Radiological Sciences, Department of Biopathology and Medical Biotechnologies, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, and others)

Chapter 6. Age-Related Hearing Loss
(Rocco Bruno, MD, Bruno Galletti, MD, Pietro Abita, MD, Giuseppe Impalà, Francesco Freni, MD, PhD, and Francesco Galletti, MD, PhD, University of Messina, Department of Human Pathology, Adult and Developmental Age “G. Barresi”, Messina, Italy)

Chapter 7. Traumatic Sensorineural Hearing Loss
(Michele Cassano, MD, Valeria Tarantini, MD, Eleonora M. C. Trecca, MD, Antonio Moffa, MD, and Gianluigi Grilli, MD, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy)

Chapter 8. Advanced Otosclerosis
(Nicola Quaranta, MD, Vito Pontillo, MD, and Francesco Dispenza, MD PhD, Otolayngology Unit, Department of Basic Medical Science, Neuroscience and Sensory Organs, University of Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy, and others)

Chapter 9. Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss
(Valerio Giustino, Francesco Lorusso, MD, Serena Rizzo, MD, Pietro Salvago, MD, Francesco Martines, MD, PhD, Sport and Exercise Sciences Research Unit, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, and others)

Chapter 10. Cause, Pathogenesis, Clinical Manifestations and Treatment of Meniere’s Disease and Endolymphatic Hydrops
(Sergio Ferrara, MD, and Francesco Dispenza, MD, PhD, Istituto Euromediterraneo di Scienza e Tecnologia – IEMEST, Palermo, Italy, and others)

Chapter 11. Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease
(Francesco Dispenza, MD, PhD, Alessia Ceraso, MD, Antonina Mistretta, MD, Gabriele Ebbreo, MD, Francesco Barbara, MD, and Alessia Maria Battaglia, MD, Istituto Euromediterraneo di Scienza e Tecnologia – IEMEST, Palermo, Italy, and others)

Chapter 12. Occupational Hearing Loss
(Giampietro Ricci, MD, Associate Professor, Egisto Molini, MD, Mario Faralli, MD, Lucia Calzolaro, MD, and Luca D’Ascanio, MD, Department of Biological and Surgical Sciences, ENT Section, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy, and others)

Chapter 13. Single Side Deafness in Children
(Antonio della Volpe, MD, Arianna Di Stadio, MD, Antonietta De Lucia, MD, Valentina Ippolito, Speech Pathologyst and Vincenzo Pastore, Otology and Cochlear Implant Unit, Santobono-Posilipon Children’s Hospital, Naples, Italy)

Chapter 14. Pharmacological Treatment of Sensorineural Hearing Loss
(Angela Cavallaro, Carla Cannizzaro, MD, Francesco Martines, MD, Gianluca Lavanco, Pietro Salvago, MD, Fabiana Plescia, PhD, Anna Brancato, PhD, and Fulvio Plescia, PhD, Department of Sciences for Health Promotion and Mother and Child Care “Giuseppe D’Alessandro”, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy, and others)

Chapter 15. Management of Sensorineural Hearing Loss with Hearing Aids
(Pasquale Marsella, MD, Alessandro Scorpecci, MD, PhD, and Sara Giannantonio, MD, PhD, Audiology and Otosurgery Unit, Cochlear Implant referral center, “Bambino Gesù” Children’s Hospital and research Institute, Rome, Italy)

Chapter 16. Cochlear Implant of SNHL Patients
(Pasquale Marsella, MD, Sara Giannantonio, MD, PhD, and Alessandro Scorpecci, MD, PhD, Audiology and Otosurgery Unit, Cochlear Implant Referral Center, “Bambino Gesù” Children’s Hospital and research Institute, Rome, Italy)

Chapter 17. Presbyastasis: From Diagnosis to Management
(Serena Rizzo, MD, Valeria Sanfilippo, MD, Pietro Terrana, MD, Lorenza Lauricella, MD, Dalila Scaturro, MD, Francesco Martines, MD, PhD, and Giulia Letizia Mauro, MD, University of Palermo, Section of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Palermo, Italy, and others)

Index