Handbook of hearing disorders research / Charlotte Hailee Atkinson, editor. - xi, 167 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm. - Otolaryngology research advances .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

hapter 1 - Effect of Hearing Loss on Traffic Safety and Mobility (pp. 1-54)
Birgitta Thorslund, PhD (The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, Sweden)

Chapter 2 - Occupational Exposure to Ototoxic Chemicals (pp. 55-76)
M. P. Gatto, R. C. Bonanni, G. Tranfo, E. Strafella, L. Santarelli and M. Gherardi (INAIL, Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, Monte Porzio Catone (RM), Italy, and others)

Chapter 3 - Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss and Polymorphisms in Iron Homeostasis Genes (pp. 77-84)
D. Gemmati, A. Castiglione, M. Vigliano, A. Ciorba and C. Aimoni (Ctr. Hemostasis & Thrombosis, Dept. of Medical Sciences, University Hospital of Ferrara, Italy, and others)

Chapter 4 - Association Between Sensorineural Hearing Loss and Sleep-disordered Breathing: Literature Review (pp. 85-92)
Antonella Ballacchino, Rosalia Gargano and Francesco Martines (Università degli Studi di Palermo, Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Mediche e Medicina Forenze Sezione di Audiologia, Palermo, Italy, and others)

Chapter 5 - Chronic Tinnitus: Pith, Loudness, and Discomfort in Adults and Elderly Patients (pp. 93-104)
Adriane Ribeiro Teixeira, Letícia Petersen Schmidt Rosito, Bruna Macagnin Seimetz, Celso Dall’Igna and Sady Selaimen da Costa (Department of Human and Communication Disorders – Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul – Brazil, and others)

Chapter 6 - The Molecular Pathogenesis of Dominant Deafness: Onychodystrophy (DDOD) Syndrome (pp. 105-122)
Yongyi Yuan, Xi Linand Pu Dai (Department of Otolaryngology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, and others)

Chapter 7 - Novel Deafness Genes and Mutations Identified by Next Generation Sequencing (pp. 123-130)
Xue Gao (Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, PLA General Hospital, Beijing, Haidian, China, and others)

Chapter 8 - Conduct Disorder in Children and Youth with Hearing Impairment (pp. 131-154)
Fadilj Eminovic and Sanja Dimoski (Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia)

Index

9781634636544

2014956988


Hearing disorders--Research--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Ear--Diseases--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

RF290 / .H363 2015

617.80072 ATK