Age-related hearing loss: Is it a preventable condition?

Hearing Research

Volumn 264, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 98-107

  Bielefeld, Eric C ^a   Tanaka, Chiemi ^a   Chen, Guang di ^a   Henderson, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Age related hearing loss; Antioxidant; Fischer 344 rat; Presbycusis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; CISPLATIN; GENTAMICIN; LAZAROID; LEVACECARNINE; MELATONIN; PHOSPHATIDYLCHOLINE; PLACEBO; SALICYLIC ACID;

AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CALORIC RESTRICTION; CELL MOTILITY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COCHLEA POTENTIAL; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FISCHER 344 RAT; HAIR CELL; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OTOTOXICITY; PRESBYACUSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGE FACTORS; AGING; ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; AUDITORY PATHWAYS; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CALORIC RESTRICTION; COCHLEA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; HUMANS; MICE; PRESBYCUSIS; RATS; SALICYLATES;

EID: 77952668415     PISSN: 03785955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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