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Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Hearing Loss: The Early Signs -- 2. What Is Hearing Loss? -- 3. Myths about Hearing Loss: Fact and Fiction -- 4. How Your Hearing Loss Affects Your Family and Friends -- 5. How the Ear Works -- 6. Types of Hearing Loss -- 7. Causes of Hearing Loss -- 8. Effect of Medication on Hearing Loss -- 9. Noise -- 10. Tinnitus -- 11. What to Do If You Suspect a Hearing Loss -- 12. Understanding Your Hearing Evaluation -- 13. Choosing a Hearing Aid Dispenser -- 14. Will a Hearing Aid Help? -- 15. Types of Hearing Aids -- 16. The Importance of Fitting Hearing Aids -- 17. Purchasing a Hearing Aid -- 18. When Hearing Aids Are Not Enough -- 19. Hearing the Doorbell, Telephone, and Fire Alarm -- 20. Hearing on the Telephone -- 21. Cochlear Implants -- 22. Speechreading -- 23. Will an Oral Interpreter Help? -- 24. Assertive Communication -- 25. Tips for Improving Communication -- 26. Rearranging Your Home Environment -- 27. Living Alone -- 28. The International Symbol of Access for Hearing Loss -- 29. What Are Your Legal Rights? -- 30. Hearing in Restaurants -- 31. Hearing in Theaters and Movies -- 32. Hearing in Places of Worship -- 33. Hearing in the Hospital -- 34. Hearing When Traveling -- 35. Hearing in the Courtroom -- 36. Volunteering or Returning to Work -- 37. A New Friend: The Internet -- 38. Hearing Loss and Eldercare -- 39. Overcoming Psychosocial Effects of Hearing Loss -- 40. Healthy Living/Managing Stress -- 41. What Is SHHH? -- 42. Some Final Words -- Glossary -- Appendix A: Information Resources on Hearing Loss -- Appendix B: Statistics on Hearing Loss in the Aging Population -- Index

First published in 1985, most chapters in this book were first prepared for and discussed at a monthly research seminar series on Hearing Loss in Adulthood during the 1983-1984 academic year. As a whole this book shines a light on the experience of hearing-impaired people, particularly the loss of hearing in later life.

"On October 28, 1999, leaders from industry, government, labor, professional and trade organizations, and academia met in Detroit to share best practices for preventing work-related hearing impairment. The symposium highlighted an array of proven strategies and new advancements for protecting workers' hearing. The symposium was sponsored by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA), and the Occupational and Environmental Health Sciences Department of Wayne State University. Additional support for this program was provided by the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Michigan Industrial Hygiene Society, the American Industrial Hygiene Association, the National Safety Council, the Institute of Noise Control Engineering, and the Douglas A. Fraser Center for Workplace Issues." - p. 1 ; Introduction -- Keynote -- The Handicap resulting from noise-induced hearing impairment / Alice Suter -- -- Session I: Hearing Loss Prevention Program -- Evaluation Audit, Effectiveness, and Evaluation Measures -- Ford's annual report to the United Auto Workers (UAW)-Ford National Joint Committee on Health and Safety / Henry B. Lick -- Web-based self-audit protocol and effectiveness measures in the military / Doug Ohlin -- NIOSH criteria document effectiveness measures / John Franks -- The Contribution of focus groups in evaluation of hearing conservation program (HCP) effectiveness / Mary Prince -- -- Session II: Regulation, Surveillance, and Enforcement in Hearing -- Loss Prevention -- Project sensor: hearing loss surveillance / Ken Rosenman -- Strategic planning for reduction of noise-induced hearing loss in Michigan / Doug Kalinowski -- Pending revision to CFR 1904 recordkeeping rule / Jim Maddux -- Breakout Session I: Noise Measurement and Noise Control -- Organizing a noise control engineering program / Robert Anderson -- Noise control on a budget / Stephen I. Roth -- _ -- Breakout Session II: The Role of Audiometric Data Management in Hearing Loss Prevention -- Audiometric data: use it, don't lose it! / Thomas Simpson -- The Role of audiometric data management in hearing loss prevention: audiometric data management / John Franks -- Audiometric data collection and management / Theresa Schulz -- -- Breakout Session III: Hearing Protection Issues -- The Performance of hearing protection devices / Elliott H. Berger -- Insert-type hearing protector attenuation measurements on end-users in the steel industry / Kevin Michael -- -- Breakout Session IV: Employee Training and Motivation for Effective Hearing Loss Prevention -- Preventing noise-induced hearing loss in construction workers: a video-based training program / Sally L. Lusk, -- Why training needs change / Carol J. Merry ; Also available via the World Wide Web as an Acrobat .pdf file (821 KB, 67 p.).

Clients with retinitis pigmentosa and a mild, moderate, or progressive hearing loss may be unrecognized and unserved by our diagnostic and rehabilitation programs. They are often treated separately for their visual and hearing dysfunctions, with no dialogue between managing agencies. The purpose of this article is to offer professionals a description of this particular variation of Usher's syndrome, and appropriate guidelines for its identification.

Precision medicine: Sensorineural hearing loss treatment
Aarno Dietz, Professor of Otorhinolaryngology at Kuopio University Hospital, turns the spotlight on hospital precision medicine, focusing on the treatment of sensorineural hearing loss. Today, most medical treatments are designed for the average patient. This "one-size-fits-all-approach" may be effective for some patients but not others. Precision medicine refers to tailoring medical treatment to the individual characteristics of each patient, aiming to target the right treatments to the right patients at the right time. In general, a precision medicine approach does not mean unique treatments (e.g., drugs or medical devices) designed for each patient but rather the ability to classify individuals into subpopulations based on specific characteristics of the underlying disease or its response to a particular treatment. Advances in precision medicine have already led to new treatment strategies, e.g., in oncology, where tumour profiling is used to optimize adjuvant treatments, improving survival rates.