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  2. Presbycusis - Wikipedia

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    The cause of presbycusis is a combination of genetics, cumulative environmental exposures and pathophysiological changes related to aging. [2] At present there are no preventive measures known; treatment is by hearing aid or surgical implant.

  3. Sensorineural hearing loss - Wikipedia

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    Noise and ageing are the primary causes of presbycusis, or age-related hearing loss, the most common kind of hearing loss in industrial society. [10] [citation needed] The dangers of environmental and occupational noise exposure are widely recognized. Numerous national and international organizations have established standards for safe levels ...

  4. Causes of hearing loss - Wikipedia

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    Causes of hearing loss include ageing, genetics, ... There is a progressive loss of ability to hear high frequencies with ageing known as presbycusis. For men, this ...

  5. Hearing loss - Wikipedia

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    Hearing loss has multiple causes, including ageing, genetics, perinatal problems and acquired causes like noise and disease. For some kinds of hearing loss the cause may be classified as of unknown cause. [citation needed] There is a progressive loss of ability to hear high frequencies with aging known as presbycusis. For men, this can start as ...

  6. Noise-induced hearing loss - Wikipedia

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    It reduces the inflammation caused by the acoustic trauma, which would cause subsequent damages to hair cells. While an anti-inflammatory medication would increase the quantity of anti-inflammatory hormone in the whole body, noise conditioning increases the number of receptors for the anti-inflammatory hormone, and only in the areas where it is ...

  7. US FDA approves Ionis Pharma's genetic disorder drug - AOL

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    FCS is caused by the deficiency or impaired function of the lipoprotein lipase enzyme, responsible for breaking down triglycerides — which lead to inflammation of the pancreas when accumulated ...

  8. Tinnitus - Wikipedia

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    The most common causes are hearing damage, noise-induced hearing loss, or age-related hearing loss, known as presbycusis. [2] Other causes include ear infections, disease of the heart or blood vessels, Ménière's disease, brain tumors, acoustic neuromas (tumors on the auditory nerves of the ear), migraines, temporomandibular joint disorders ...

  9. Hospice, Inc. - The Huffington Post

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    Vitas charged Medicare $652 for each day Maples was in its inpatient facility. Moving patients into hospice-run facilities without cause, and for the express purpose of padding billing, was the allegation at the center of the critical audit way back in 1991. Dunn said no one from Vitas contacted him to discuss the decision to move his grandmother.