title: [Hearing loss in adults].
abstract: The management of hearing loss in adults depends of etiology and its severity. It can be as simple as treating an external otitis, removing an impacted cerumen or a more complex one such as a surgery for otosclerosis. The hearing loss is managed mainly by new advances in hearing aids technology and implantable hearing devices which include BAHA, middle ear implant and cochlear implants. The research is focused on developing new molecules for intracochlear drug therapy to treat noise induced hearing loss, drug ototoxicity as well as hearing loss related to cochlear implant insertion trauma. Antioxidant molecules, molecules against apoptosis are at this time the most promising molecules than need further investigations.
authors: University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA. aeshraghi@med.miami.edu
authors: Adrien A
authors: AA
authors: Eshraghi
authors: Bruno
authors: B
authors: Frachet
authors: Tom R
authors: TR
authors: Van De Water
authors: Elias
authors: E
authors: Eter
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003663:Decision Trees; D006198:Hair Cells, Auditory / Q000502:physiology; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D018696:Neuroprotective Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012038:Regeneration
chemical_list: D018696:Neuroprotective Agents