3. Hearing loss
3.1 Adults
- Hearing loss is most common physical disability
- Especially common in the elderly
- A lot is noise-induced; ‘temporary’ threshold shift
- ‘Hidden’ hearing loss
- If untreated
- ↑ unemployment
- ↑ social isolation
- ↑ depression
- ↑ dementia
- Need for screening
BMDE-501
Modelling
middle-ear mechanics
R. Funnell
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