Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 – Effect of Hearing Loss on Traffic Safety and Mobility (pp. 1-54)
Birgitta Thorslund, PhD (The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, Sweden)

Chapter 2 – Occupational Exposure to Ototoxic Chemicals (pp. 55-76)
M. P. Gatto, R. C. Bonanni, G. Tranfo, E. Strafella, L. Santarelli and M. Gherardi (INAIL, Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Epidemiology and Hygiene, Monte Porzio Catone (RM), Italy, and others)

Chapter 3 – Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss and Polymorphisms in Iron Homeostasis Genes (pp. 77-84)
D. Gemmati, A. Castiglione, M. Vigliano, A. Ciorba and C. Aimoni (Ctr. Hemostasis & Thrombosis, Dept. of Medical Sciences, University Hospital of Ferrara, Italy, and others)

Chapter 4 – Association Between Sensorineural Hearing Loss and Sleep-disordered Breathing: Literature Review (pp. 85-92)
Antonella Ballacchino, Rosalia Gargano and Francesco Martines (Università degli Studi di Palermo, Dipartimento di Biotecnologie Mediche e Medicina Forenze Sezione di Audiologia, Palermo, Italy, and others)

Chapter 5 – Chronic Tinnitus: Pith, Loudness, and Discomfort in Adults and Elderly Patients (pp. 93-104)
Adriane Ribeiro Teixeira, Letícia Petersen Schmidt Rosito, Bruna Macagnin Seimetz, Celso Dall’Igna and Sady Selaimen da Costa (Department of Human and Communication Disorders – Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul – Brazil, and others)

Chapter 6 – The Molecular Pathogenesis of Dominant Deafness: Onychodystrophy (DDOD) Syndrome (pp. 105-122)
Yongyi Yuan, Xi Linand Pu Dai (Department of Otolaryngology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, and others)

Chapter 7 – Novel Deafness Genes and Mutations Identified by Next Generation Sequencing (pp. 123-130)
Xue Gao (Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, PLA General Hospital, Beijing, Haidian, China, and others)

Chapter 8 – Conduct Disorder in Children and Youth with Hearing Impairment (pp. 131-154)
Fadilj Eminovic and Sanja Dimoski (Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia)

Index