Perspectives on Audiology as an Interdisciplinary and Multilevel Science
A special issue of Audiology Research (ISSN 2039-4349).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2025 | Viewed by 562
Special Issue Editors
Interests: education of d/deaf and hard-of-hearing students; language development; literacy development; inclusion; literate thought
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Interests: hearing research; inner ear immunology; ototoxicity
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
There are several perspectives in the field of audiology with respect to education and research in various countries. Adapting a description from, for example, Germany: “Audiology deals with all aspects of auditory perception—that is, the study of hearing and all related phenomena as well as the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing disorders”. The Mayo Clinic (in the USA) delineates several specialty areas of audiology, including pediatrics, geriatrics, balance, cochlear implants, hearing aids, tinnitus, and auditory processing. To this list, we can also add issues related to the education and social welfare of individuals with hearing disorders.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO; https://www.who.int/health-topics/hearing-loss#tab=tab_1), about 20% of the world’s population, or 1.5 billion people, have some degree of hearing loss. “By 2050, nearly 2.5 billion people are projected to have some degree of hearing loss, and at least 700 million will require hearing rehabilitation.” There is a wide range of impacts on unaddressed hearing loss, including communication, language, cognition, social isolation, dementia, education, and employment.
For this Special Issue of Audiology, we have selected five critical research strands: ototoxicity, presbycusis, gene therapy, stem cell therapy, and advances in hearing technology. Ototoxicity addresses hearing conditions affected by chemicals or medications. Presbycusis focuses on the progressive and irreversible decline in hearing due to the aging process. Gene therapy addresses faculty DNA, which causes a type of inherited deafness. Stem cell therapy concerns the regeneration of damaged tissues in the inner ear, such as hair cells. Finally, advances in hearing technology provide the current status of hearing devices, such as hearing aids and cochlear implants, and their impact on the language and literacy development of d/Deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals.
These five strands represent some of the cutting-edge research being conducted to improve hearing, affecting a significant percentage of the world’s population. Each article should contextualize the importance of the strand and synthesize the scholar’s work in that area. Each article should also provide recommendations for further research. The information in this Special Issue highlights the necessity of preventing, identifying, and rehabilitating hearing loss on multiple levels as one avenue for improving the quality of life for affected individuals
Prof. Dr. Peter V. Paul
Prof. Dr. Agnieszka Szczepek
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- ototoxicity
- presbycusis
- gene therapy
- stem cell therapy
- advances in hearing technology
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