Talk:Presbycusis

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thread_title: References

message: Some parts of this page appear to be taken verbatim from the source referenced at the bottom of the page (http://www.drtbalu.com/presbyacusis.html) 216.36.186.2 (talk) 18:50, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Appears to be Copied (potential copyvio) 

message: Does anyone know the origins of the word Presbycusis/Presbyacusis? (Both spellings redirect to this page - maybe the US & UK equivalents of something?) I'd imagine that they're Latin in origin, but my Latin is pretty non-existent... Ged3000 (talk) 18:13, 17 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origins of the word "Presbycusis/Presbyacusis" 

message: Presbycusis is defined as hearing loss associated with the degenerative processes of aging. The term comes from the Greek “presbys” meaning “old” and “(a)kousis” meaning “hearing.” A similar use of “presbys” is found in ophthalmology with “presbyopia” or “vision of the elderly.” Dr. Schuknecht found that presbycusis is not a singular physiological entity. Rather, it is a term that represents four distinct degenerative conditions and their corresponding distinct audiometric patterns in their purest manifestation. 
You Can Find More Of The Info And Some Charts At This Site..
  http://www.ihsinfo.org/IhsV2/Hearing_Professional/2003/060_November-December/080_Presbycusis_A_Look_into_the_Aging_Inner_Ear.cfm  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.147.191.17 (talk) 05:14, 2 February 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Presbycusis 

message: Mention the percent of population affected. Jidanni (talk) 05:06, 22 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mention the percent of population affected 

message: Is it appropriate to use the slang term 'yobbo' as a descriptor of loitering youths? It seems to me to be something of an unwarranted judgement by someone wtih a chip on their shoulder. Surely the term 'youth' is more neutral? --139.222.127.156 (talk) 18:56, 18 March 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cultural aspects section 

message: I added information about rehabilitation as a treatment option. There are several recent reviews that could be used to enhance the treatment section. --LynnMcCleary (talk) 00:19, 15 November 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rehabilitation as a treatment option 

message: There are a number of threshold values given in plain decibels, which only means "so much louder than (something)". That "something" needs to be given. It might be db(A) SPL, or A-weighted sound pressure level, it might also be unweighted SPL, or it might be some standardized setting on an audiologist's measuring device that leads to a particular SPL. But without any additional information, the numbers are meaningless and the whole section should be removed.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Nettings (talk • contribs) 22:03, 12 December 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  hearing threshold figures are meaningless 

message: A chart showing say, what is the highest frequency that 90% of the population at a given age can hear would be very useful. -- Beland (talk) 17:56, 24 August 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Graph of epidemiological data

message: Hi.
I notice the beginning of the article says that at least part of this degeneration is due to inevitable physiological age-related changes and not just environmental factors, then later it is mentioned that:
"Hearing loss is only weakly correlated with age. In preindustrial and non-industrial societies, persons retain their hearing into old age.["
But if this is true, it suggests that it is almost if not entirely environmental in origin, which would seem to make it not any different from a noise-induced hearing loss. This seems contradictory since elsewhere it is suggested that although environmental effects may play a role, there is also a significant amount due to inevitable aging effect. Should it be fixed? Which one is the accepted viewpoint? mike4ty4 (talk) 11:05, 21 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Inconsistent etiology?