Hearing impairment
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Synonyms and keywords: Hearing impairment, deafness, decreased hearing; loss of hearing
Overview
Historical Perspective
Classification
Pathophysiology
Causes
Differentiating Hearing Impairment from other Diseases
Epidemiology and Demographics
Risk Factors
Screening
Natural History, Complications and Prognosis
Diagnosis
History and Symptoms | Physical Examination | Laboratory Findings | CT | MRI | Other Imaging Findings | Other Diagnostic Studies
Treatment
Medical Therapy | Surgery | Primary Prevention | Secondary Prevention | Cost-Effectiveness of Therapy | Social Impact | Future or Investigational Therapies
Case Studies
Related Chapters
- Audism, discrimination against Deaf and hard-of-hearing people
- Auditory brainstem response (ABR) test
- Deaf culture
- Hearing impairment with craniofacial syndromes
- King-Kopetzky syndrome
- Models of deafness for a comparison of the medical, disability and cultural models of deafness.
- Mondini Dysplasia
- Noise induced Hearing impairment
- Noise pollution
- Post-lingual hearing impairment
- Pre-lingual deafness
- Tinnitus
- Unilateral Hearing impairment
External Links
- World Health Organization fact sheet on deafness and hearing impairment
- National Association of the Deaf. The NAD protects deaf and hard of hearing civil rights.