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Molecular mechanisms of age-related hearing loss.
Ageing research reviews - 1 Jun 2002
Seidman Michael D, Ahmad Nadir, Bai Uma
Abstract excerpt
Age-related hearing loss, known as presbyacusis, is characterized by the progressive deterioration of auditory sensitivity associated with aging and is the most common cause of adult auditory deficiency in the United States. Presbyacusis is defined as a progressive, bilateral, high-frequency hearing loss that is manifested on audiometric assessment by a moderately sloping pure tone audiogram. This condition...
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