Noise and the Brain: Experience Dependent Developmental and Adult Plasticity

by Jos J. Eggermont

In our industrialized world, we are surrounded by occupational, recreational, and environmental noise. Very loud noise damages the inner-ear receptors and results in hearing loss, subsequent problems with communication in the presence of background noise, and, potentially, social isolation. There is much less public knowledge about the noise exposure that produces only temporary hearing loss but that in the long term results in hearing problems due...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 012415994X
• ISBN13: 9780124159945
• Release Date: November 2013
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"