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Presbycusis: What is it?
Author(s) -
Lowell Seth H.,
Paparella Michael M.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-197710000-00016
Subject(s) - presbycusis , audiology , hearing loss , medicine , sensorineural hearing loss , metric (unit) , operations management , economics
The history and current misusage of the term presbycusis is discussed and current knowledge of pathology associated with presbycusis and aging are reviewed. A study involving retrospective analysis of audio‐metric data and clinical information on three groups was performed. Results suggest that a group of individuals previously identified as “presby‐cusic” probably represent undiagnosed cases of familial or genetic related hearing loss. We urge as thorough an identification of correct diagnosis as possible, thus reserving the term “presbycusis” for those rare, solely age‐related cases of sensorineural loss.