The Aging Auditory System

1. Introduction and Overview
Sandra Gordon-Salant, Robert D. Frisina

2. The Physiology of Cochlear Presbycusis
Richard A. Schmiedt

3. Cell Biology and Physiology of the Aging Central Auditory Pathway
Barbara Canlon, Robert Benjamin Illing, Joseph Walton

4. Closing the Gap Between Neurobiology and Human Presbycusis: Behavioral and Evoked Potential Studies of Age-Related Hearing Loss in Animal Models and in Humans
James R. Ison, Kelly L. Tremblay, Paul D. Allen

5. Behavioral Studies With Aging Humans: Hearing Sensitivity and Psychoacoustics
Peter J. Fitzgibbons, Sandra Gordon-Salant

6. Binaural Processing and Auditory Asymmetries
David A. Eddins, Joseph W. Hall

7. Effects of Senescent Changes in Audition and Cognition on Spoken Language Comprehension
Bruce A. Schneider, Kathy Pichora-Fuller, Meredyth Daneman

8. Factors Affecting Speech Understanding in Older Adults
Larry E. Humes, Judy R. Dubno

9. Epidemiology of Age-Related Hearing Impairment
Karen J. Cruickshanks, Weihai Zhan, Wenjun Zhong

10. Interventions and Future Therapies: Lessons from Animal Models
James F. Willott, Jochen Schacht

Keywords: Medicine & Public Health, Otorhinolaryngology, Neurosciences, Human Physiology, Geriatrics/Gerontology, Neurology