Hearing Therapies for the Future

未来的听力治疗

• 批准号: 7334698
• 负责人: Gabrielle Helena Saunders
• 金额: $ 2.08万
• 依托单位: OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-07-01 至 2008-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7334698
• 关键词: Address; Affect; Age; American; Audiology; Auditory; Award; Clinical; Elderly; Exposure to; Funding; Future; Generations; Health Personnel; Hearing; Hearing Impaired Persons; Incidence; Individual; Information Dissemination; Journals; Knowledge; Learning; Location; Mails; Molecular; Neurosciences; Noise; Noise-Induced Hearing Loss; Numbers; Oregon; Participant; Peer Review; Physiology; Population; Presbycusis; Prevalence; Prevention; Proceedings and Conferences; Proceedings, Conference; Public Health; Publishing; Rate; Rehabilitation therapy; Request for Proposals; Research; Research Personnel; Risk; Scholarship; Scientist; Series; Severities; Students; Training Programs; cost; experience; hearing impairment; posters; symposium

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This proposal requests funding for a conference titled '' to be held September 26th - 28th 2007 in Portland, Oregon. This will be the third in a series of biennial conferences hosted by the National Center of Rehabilitative Auditory Research (NCRAR). The conference objective is to expand understanding and facilitate effective treatment of noise induced hearing loss (NIHL). To this end, conference sessions will combine varied formats to stimulate learning, discussion and information dissemination among leading scientists in the field of prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of NIHL, and audiologists who will gain knowledge that is directly applicable to their clinical practice. NIHL is a preventable cause of hearing loss that affects Americans of all ages. Exposure to noise is to blame for the hearing loss of about 10 million of the 28 million Americans with hearing impairment. The risk of NIHL among our nation's younger generations is increasing which is especially troubling in view of evidence that early exposure to noise increases the incidence and progression of age-related hearing loss. Thus, this conference has potential to benefit all Americans. More specifically, the conference will address current understanding of NIHL from cellular, molecular, and clinical perspectives. There will be a keynote address given by a hearing impaired individual who is a well-known scientist in the fields of auditory neuroscience and cochlear physiology. He will present an informal overview of research needs from the perspective of an educated consumer. There will be four main conference sessions. At each session, two or three renowned researchers in the field of NIHL will each give 30-45 minute invited presentations. Following the presentations there will be roundtable discussion panels among researchers, experienced clinical audiologists and invited lay persons with hearing impairment. Finally there will be a poster session for posters presented by scholarship winners and by individuals whose submitted posters meet the peer review criteria for acceptance. The target audience is clinical audiologists, however in past years researchers, medical personnel and students have also attended the NCRAR conferences. Up to 8 scholarships will be awarded to practicing clinicians that will cover the cost of conference attendance. The meeting will be publicized via e-mailing lists from national and local organizations and through audiology training programs. Conference proceedings will be published in the journal 'Seminars in Hearing'. The NCRAR hosted highly successful conferences in 2003 and 2005 using the same format and locations as this proposed meeting. Audience ratings from those meetings show that over 80% of participants found the content, format, speakers and location to be extremely favorable. Public Health Relevance Statement Noise induced hearing loss is a preventable cause of hearing loss that affects Americans of all ages, including growing numbers of our young people. Exposure to noise is to blame for the permanent hearing loss of roughly 10 million of the 28 million Americans with hearing impairment. The high risk of NIHL among our nation's younger generations is especially troubling since exposure to noise appears to increase the prevalence and severity of age-related hearing loss which afflicts just under half (40- 45%) of the U.S. population over the age of 65 years, and most (83%) individuals over the age of 70 years. By targeting NIHL, therefore, this conference has potential to benefit all Americans.

描述（由申请人提供）：本提案要求为将于2007年9月26日至28日在俄勒冈州的波特兰举行的题为“”的会议提供资金。这将是由国家反射听觉研究中心（NCRAR）主办的两年一度的系列会议中的第三次。会议的目的是扩大对噪声性听力损失（NIHL）的理解，并促进其有效治疗。为此，会议将采用联合收割机的多种形式，以促进NIHL预防、治疗和康复领域的领先科学家以及听力学家之间的学习、讨论和信息传播，他们将获得直接适用于其临床实践的知识。NIHL是影响所有年龄段美国人的听力损失的可预防原因。在2800万听力受损的美国人中，约有1000万人的听力损失要归咎于噪音。我们国家年轻一代中NIHL的风险正在增加，鉴于早期暴露于噪音会增加与年龄相关的听力损失的发生率和进展，这尤其令人不安。因此，这次会议有可能使所有美国人受益。更具体地说，会议将从细胞，分子和临床角度解决目前对NIHL的理解。将有一位听觉受损人士发表主题演讲，他是听觉神经科学和耳蜗生理学领域的知名科学家。他将从受过教育的消费者的角度对研究需求进行非正式的概述。将有四个主要会议。在每一次会议上，两到三位NIHL领域的知名研究人员将分别进行30-45分钟的特邀演讲。演讲结束后，研究人员、经验丰富的临床听力学家和受邀的听力障碍非专业人士将举行圆桌讨论小组。最后，将有一个海报会议，由奖学金获得者和个人提交的海报，其提交的海报符合同行审查的接受标准。目标受众是临床听力学家，但在过去几年中，研究人员，医务人员和学生也参加了NCRAR会议。多达8个奖学金将颁发给执业临床医生，将支付出席会议的费用。会议将通过国家和地方组织的电子邮件列表以及听力学培训计划进行宣传。会议记录将发表在《听力研讨会》杂志上。NCRAR在2003年和2005年使用与本次拟议会议相同的形式和地点主办了非常成功的会议。这些会议的观众评分显示，超过80%的与会者认为会议的内容、形式、发言者和地点都非常有利。噪声引起的听力损失是一种可预防的听力损失原因，影响所有年龄段的美国人，包括越来越多的年轻人。在2800万听力受损的美国人中，大约有1000万人的永久性听力损失要归咎于噪音。我们国家的年轻一代中NIHL的高风险尤其令人不安，因为暴露于噪音似乎会增加与年龄相关的听力损失的患病率和严重程度，这些听力损失影响了不到一半（40- 45%）的美国65岁以上的人口，以及大多数（83%）70岁以上的人。因此，通过针对NIHL，这次会议有可能使所有美国人受益。