Hearing Disorder: Diagnosis, Implantation and Latest Research
A special issue of Journal of Personalized Medicine (ISSN 2075-4426). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Medicine, Cell, and Organism Physiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024 | Viewed by 1714
Special Issue Editors
Interests: hearing loss; cochlear implants; speech perception; sound localization; genetics of deafness
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The cochlear implant is the most successful neural prosthesis. It is used today by more than 1 million people from all over the world who, in this way, have regained their hearing function, being able to recognize up to 80% of speech in a noise-free environment.
Although important advances have been made in the development of cochlear implants, there are still many unanswered questions: Why is there such great variability in the outcomes among implanted children and adults? How could speech intelligibility in noise be improved?
The purpose of this Special Issue is to show the current state of knowledge in the field of the diagnosis and treatment of deafness to reveal the progress made in this field, such as the technological improvements brought to the cochlear implant, the ways of perfecting the surgical technique in order to preserve residual hearing, the progress made in deciphering the cognitive processes underlying speech understanding, as well as other progress made in terms of finding other hearing restoration treatments such as cell regeneration and gene therapy.
Also, studies on the rehabilitation of vestibular function are encouraged to be submitted.
We hope that this Special Issue will be a landmark in the literature regarding the current diagnosis possibilities and treatment options for deafness.
Prof. Dr. Luminița Rădulescu
Prof. Dr. Şerban Vifor Gabriel Berteşteanu
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hearing loss
- cochlear implants
- hearing preservation
- neuroplasticity
- outcomes in cochlear implantation
- prosthesis fitting
- bone-anchored hearing aids
- speech perception
- sound localization
- gene therapy
- inner-ear cell regeneration
- vestibular disorders
- telemedicine
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