Article
Environmental and genetic factors in age-related hearing impairment.
Aging clinical and experimental research - 1 Feb 2011
Bovo Roberto, Ciorba Andrea, Martini Alessandro
Abstract excerpt
Age-related hearing impairment (ARHI), or presbycusis, is a complex disease with multifactorial etiology. It is the most prevalent sensory impairment in the elderly, and may have detrimental effects on their quality of life and psychological well-being. The aim of this paper is to give an overview of the current data on ARHI, focusing mainly on environmental agents and genetic predisposition in animal models and...
Topics
- Environment
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- Humans
- Noise
- Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide
- Presbycusis
