Presbycusis

"Presbycusis" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Gradual bilateral hearing loss associated with aging that is due to progressive degeneration of cochlear structures and central auditory pathways. Hearing loss usually begins with the high frequencies then progresses to sounds of middle and low frequencies.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Presbycusis" by people in this website by year, and whether "Presbycusis" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 37 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 1997
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