title: [Presbycusis].
abstract: Presbycousis represents a poorly defined clinical entity despite a number of investigations that have been carried out. After a careful review of present knowledge, the authors state that this clinical entity may be regarded as a multifactorial syndrome, due to extrinsic as well as inherited noxious factors.
authors: Istituto di Clinica Otorinolaringoiatrica, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Roma.
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Ottaviani
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D011304:Presbycusis / Q000175:diagnosis*