Deafness, prevention and treatment. Focus of the Academy of Medicine of Turin
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Deafness is not an exclusive problem of the elderly. Many young people are at risk of hearing loss, as are infants with malformations. However, this dysfunction can be prevented and treated. It is discussed in the scientific meeting organized by the Academy of Medicine of Turin.
The event is open to everyone, too online, and takes place on 21.6.22 at 21.
Deafness, the scientific meeting
The scientific meeting 'Deafness: diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities'is introduced by Roberto Albera, Full Professor in Otolaryngology and member of the Academy of Medicine.
I relatori they are Claudia Cassandro and Andrea Canale, both of the Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Turin.
Deafness is not a problem of the elderly alone
The first goal of the event is dispelling myths and misperceptions. One of them is that hearing loss is a problem of older people and a sign of senility and decline.
Hearing loss it affects people of all ages. Globally 360 million people, about 5% of the world population, live with disabling hearing loss; of these 32 million are children.
More than a billion young people Furthermore, between 12 and 35 years of age, they have a greater risk of developing hearing loss prematurely when listening to music at high volume, especially if through headphones.
Prevention is possible
The second myth what academics debunk is that hearing loss is inevitable.
The availability of advanced diagnostics, even neonatal and infantile with the screening methods neonatal hearing aid inserted in the LEA, today allows an accurate early diagnosis of all types of deafness. It is thus possible to effectively treat ear infections, malformations and pathologies both with medical therapies and with sophisticated microscopic and endoscopic surgical techniques.
In rehabilitation therapy great strides have been made. With the latest generation hearing aids and cochlear implants (bionic ear), unimaginable results are obtained in terms of hearing recovery only 20 years ago.
Isolation and unemployment, the weight of deafness
Deafness it costs in personal and social terms.
Older adults they experience disabling social isolation with associated anxiety, depression, cognitive decline and dementia.
Hearing impaired people have a higher frequency of unemployment and the jobs of the employed are more often than not adequate. Furthermore, the community faces rehabilitation costs that are certainly higher than an effective preventive intervention.
Il World Report on Hearing of the WHO has calculated that investing in the prevention of hearing damage can, in ten years, benefit over 1,4 billion people and lead to a return of almost 16 times for every euro invested.
How to participate
You can follow the meeting both by accessing the Aula Magna of the Turin Academy of Medicine (via Po 18, Turin), and by connecting to the site www.accademiadimedicina.unito.it.
