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SUBMITTER: Shuster BZ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6588519 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shuster Benjamin Z BZ Depireux Didier A DA Mong Jessica A JA Hertzano Ronna R
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 20190601 6
Hearing loss is the most common form of sensory impairment in humans, with an anticipated rise in incidence as the result of recreational noise exposures. Hearing loss is also the second most common health issue afflicting military veterans. Currently, there are no approved therapeutics to treat sensorineural hearing loss in humans. While hearing loss affects both men and women, sexual dimorphism is documented with respect to peripheral and central auditory physiology, as well as susceptibility ...[more]