Assessment of Hearing Loss in Minor Head Injury: A Prospective Study
Multiple correlational, meta-analysis, and longitudinal peer-reviewed reports have demonstrated that untreated hearing loss tends to exacerbate cognitive decline in people “at risk.” Likewise, professionally fitted prescription hearing aids have been shown to delay or attenuate the adverse effects of hearing loss on cognitive decline for many... See more
Douglas L. Beck, AuD • Untreated Hearing Loss, Hearing Aids, and Cognition: Correlational Outcomes 2025
Proton Radiation Therapy (PRT)
Precision and Cochlear Sparing: Proton therapy delivers radiation with high precision and has a finite beam length, which minimizes radiation exposure to surrounding healthy tissues, including the cochlea. This characteristic makes PRT advantageous for hearing preservation in some cases[1][4].
Risk of Hearing Loss:
A number of viral infections can cause hearing loss. Hearing loss induced by these viruses can be congenital or acquired, unilateral or bilateral. Certain viral infections can directly damage inner ear structures, others can induce inflammatory responses which then cause this damage, and still others can increase susceptibility or bacterial or... See more