Introduction: As otology enters the field of gene therapy and human studies commence, the questionarises whether audiograms e the current gold standard for the evaluation of hearing function e canconsistently predict cellular damage within the human inner ear and thus should be used to defineinclusion criteria for trials. Current assumptions rely on the analysis of small groups of h...

INTRODUCTION As otology enters the field of gene therapy and human studies commence, the question arises whether audiograms - the current gold standard for the evaluation of hearing function - can consistently predict cellular damage within the human inner ear and thus should be used to define inclusion criteria for trials. Current assumptions rely on the analysis of small groups of human tempo...

INTRODUCTION The 2016 National Academies of Sciences report "Hearing Health Care for Adults: Priorities for Improving Access and Affordability" included a call to action for government agencies to strengthen efforts to collect, analyze, and disseminate population-based data on hearing loss in adults. METHODS CDC analyzed the most recent available data collected both by questionnaire and audio...

The clinical measurement of otoacoustic emissions can assist in differentiating between peripheral and central explanations for deficits in speech understanding. We present audiometric and distortion-product emission data in a case with sensorineural hearing loss and a deficit in speech understanding . The presence of evoked emissions argues against attributing the speech audiometric loss to co...