The Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development (JRRD), a publication of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), has published a special issue on hearing and hearing loss: Volume 42, Number 4, Supplement 2, July/August 2005. This issue is the “current issue” and was apparently published this week, despite the July/August 2005 date.
The issue contains a number of articles that will be of interest to Meniere’s Disease patients. A press release authored by Judith LaVoie of the VA nicely describes the contents of the special issue and the significance of each article. LaVoie has somewhat recharacterized the titles of some of the articles for the benefit of us lay folks, so use the page numbers rather than the titles to go from the press release to the actual journal article.
Here are a few articles that caught our particular interest:
- An article involving the diagnosis of noise-induced hearing loss, idiopathic sudden sensorineural (nerve-based) hearing loss, otosclerosis, and Meniere’s Disease — click here.
- An article involving hair cell regeneration, and whether restoration of hearing and balance might be possible — click here.
- An article reviewing the treatment of tinnitus — click here.