Hearing Loss: From Diagnosis to Pathology

Dear Colleagues,

We invite researchers to submit papers for publication in a Special Issue of the MDPI journal Diagnostics, which is titled “Hearing Loss: From Diagnosis to Pathology”.

Hearing loss is the most common sensory deficit, affecting both children and elderly patients. Hearing is vital to individual well-being, as it enables people to effectively communicate and maintain strong relationships with their friends and families. Therefore, while hearing loss may not be a life-threatening condition, if it is left undiagnosed and untreated, it can result in delays in language acquisition, significantly impacting a child’s academic, social, and emotional development. Similarly, in elderly individuals, undiagnosed and untreated hearing loss can lead to feelings of loneliness, social isolation, and depression and can even contribute to onset of dementia and cognitive decline. Therefore, timely diagnosis and accurate identification of the etiological factors that underlie hearing loss are crucial for the treatment and avoidance of its adverse effects, promoting improved well-being for patients of all ages.

This Special Issue includes publications related to various aspects of hearing loss, including the latest advancements in hearing loss diagnosis, early identification of hearing loss and/or hidden hearing loss, and the exploration of the diverse etiologies that contribute to this condition. We are happy to consider both basic and clinical research studies.

We hope that you will contribute your work to ensure that this Special Issue improves its readers’ knowledge of hearing loss.

Dr. Mehdi Abouzari
Dr. Hamid R. Djalilian
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Diagnostics is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.