Translational Research in Audiology
A special issue of Audiology Research (ISSN 2039-4349).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 November 2022) | Viewed by 36649
Special Issue Editor
Interests: hearing research; inner ear immunology; ototoxicity
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Dear Colleagues,
Biomedical research has been applied for decades to answer research questions in audiology that cannot be fully addressed in clinics. The special issue “Translational Research in Audiology” is dedicated to the “bench to bedside and back” aspect of audiological sciences. The main topics of this issue are translational qualities of research concerning the ototoxicity of drugs, application of stem cell technology, animal models of tinnitus, hyperacusis, and presbyacusis.
Clinical audiology is supported by basic research findings, such as studies on morphological changes in the auditory hair cells, spiral ganglion neurons, and the entire auditory pathway occurring after noise or ototoxic drugs exposure. Unlike in clinical research, the fluctuations in distortion-product otoacoustic emissions or auditory brainstem responses can be measured systematically, and factors such as noise intensity, drug concentration, or time after exposure can be modulated in animal models. Growing understanding of physiological processes and morphology of the auditory system deepens our understanding of functional audiological diagnostics. However, there is still a sizeable translational gap between the clinical and basic research in audiology, the main being the inability to perform pure tone audiogram or speech comprehension tests in animals and the lack of techniques that enable anatomical and morphological analysis in humans.
This Special Issue is dedicated to the translational aspects of audiology research. Novel methods, innovative interpretation of the already known methods, research presenting correlations between the clinics and the basic research are welcome.
Conditions studied:
- Noise-induced hearing loss
- Ototoxicity
- Presbyacusis
- Hyperacusis
- Tinnitus
Experimental and clinical audiologists, otologists, neuroscientists, and biologists dealing with all sorts of animal models and clinical audiology are warmly invited to submit their research.
Prof. Dr. Agnieszka Szczepek
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- translational research
- clinical studies
- animal models
- DPOAE
- ABR
- tinnitus
- hyperacusis
- presbyacusis
- ototoxicity
- hearing loss
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