Open AccessBlood Prestin Levels in Normal Hearing and in Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A Scoping Review
Author(s) -
Eleftheria Iliadou,
Dimitrios Kikidis,
Konstantinos Pastiadis,
Christopher J. Plack,
Athanasios Bibas
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
ear and hearing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.577
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1538-4667
pISSN - 0196-0202
DOI - 10.1097/aud.0000000000001045
Subject(s) - prestin , sensorineural hearing loss , medicine , hearing loss , cochlea , audiology , biomarker , biology , hair cell , genetics
Recently, it has been hypothesized that blood prestin concentration levels may reflect cochlear damage and thus serve as an easily measurable, early sensorineural hearing loss (HL) biomarker. This is a scoping review aiming to identify and critically appraise current evidence on prestin blood levels and their temporal variation in rodents and humans with normal hearing and with sensorineural HL.