Main description:

Since the first edition of the Aging Auditory System volume (in 2009), there has been a tremendous amount of research in basic, translational, and clinical sciences related to age-related changes in auditory system structure and function. The new research has been driven by technical and conceptual advances in auditory neuroscience at multiple levels ranging from cells to cognition. The chapters in Aging and Hearing: Causes and Consequences span a broad range of topics and appeal to a relatively wide audience. Our goal in this volume is to put together state-of-the-art discussions about new developments in aging research that will appeal to a broad audience, serving as an important update on the current state of research on the aging auditory system. This update includes not only the recent research, but also consideration of how human and animal studies or translational and basic research are working in tandem to advance the field. This new edition is a natural complement to the previous SHAR volume on the aging auditory system edited by Gordon-Salant, Frisina, Popper, and Fay.

The target audience for this volume will be graduate students, researchers, and academic faculty from a range of disciplines (psychology, hearing science/audiology, physiology, neuroscience, engineering). It also will appeal to clinical audiologists as well as to researchers working in the hearing device industry. Individuals who attend conferences sponsored by the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, Acoustical Society of America, Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Society, American Auditory Society, Society for Neuroscience, American Speech, Language and Hearing Association, and the American Academy of Audiology (among others) are likely to find value in the volume.

Contents:

1. Listening to All Voices: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Understanding Hearing in Aging

Karen S. Helfer and Edward L. Bartlett

2. Genetic and Molecular Aspects of the Aging Auditory System

Shinichi Someya and Mi-Jung Kim

3. The Aging Cochlea and Auditory Nerve

Kevin K. Ohlemiller and Christopher Spankovich

4. Age-Related Changes in the Auditory Brainstem and Inferior Colliculus

Josef Syka

5. Age-Related Changes in the Primate Auditory Cortex

Gregg Recanzone

6. The Aging Auditory System: Electrophysiology

Kelly C. Harris

7. Age-Related Changes in Segregation of Sound Sources

Frederick J. Gallun and Virginia Best

8. Causes and Consequences of Age-Related Hearing Loss

Jennifer A. Deal, Nicholas S. Reed, Emily C. Pedersen, and Frank R. Lin

9. Age-Related Changes in Speech Understanding: Peripheral versus Cognitive Influences

Sandra Gordon-Salant, Maureen J. Shader, and Arthur Wingfield

10. Aging, Hearing Loss, and Listening Effort: Imaging Studies of the Aging Listener

Stefanie E. Kuchinsky and Kenneth I. Vaden, Jr.

11. Functional Consequences of Impaired Hearing in Older Adults and Implications for Intervention

Larry E. Humes, M. Kathleen Pichora-Fuller, and Louise Hickson

12. Emerging Clinical Translational Treatment Strategies for Age-Related Hearing Loss

Robert D. Frisina, Carlos J. Cruz, Tanika T. Williamson, Xiaoxia Zhu, and Bo Ding