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The research described in this book represents important steps
toward understanding the development of inner ear medicine and new
perspectives in regenerative medicine, including efficacy in
cochlear implants and various other treatments. The book depicts
the mechanisms that underlie inner ear diseases, their experimental
models, and proposals for new strategies to treat their symptoms.
As well, the exciting future prospects for dealing with the very
common problem of inner ear diseases are explained. These disorders
occur among many people and include sensorineural hearing loss
(SNHL), sudden deafness, senile deafness, noise-induced deafness,
tinnitus, dizziness-vertigo, and Meniere's disease. In Japan alone,
there are more than 6 million deaf patients including those with
middle-range deafness. There is currently no effective treatment,
and regardless of the underlying cause, the damage has been
considered irreversible. However, the results of recent research
show that these patients actually can recover. The study of hair
cells, spiral ganglion neurons, and stem cells for inner ear
diseases such as SNHL, tinnitus, dizziness, and vertigo is at the
forefront of regenerative medicine and may provide solutions to
some of these problems. The information presented here makes this
book a valuable professional reference work for all doctors and
researchers in the field of otolaryngology who focus on
regenerative treatments for inner ear diseases.
This book describes an exciting new movement using regenerative
medicine to treat patients with otolaryngological diseases. The
emerging field of regenerative medicine uses tissue engineering,
which combines medicine and engineering not only to treat the
diseases themselves but also to enable recovery of the function of
affected areas. As otolaryngology covers wide regions, including
many diseases of the head and neck, the book is divided into
sections, each corresponding to a different anatomical structure -
the ear, nose, oral cavity, pharynx, larynx and head and neck. The
structural developments of each region, the underlying mechanisms
of diseases specific to these regions, their experimental models
and proposals for new regenerative treatment are all discussed in
detail. The various diseases and symptoms considered in the book
include inner ear and middle ear diseases, rhinitis, nasal
sinusitis and otolaryngological cancers. To date there have been
few clinical studies reporting regenerative medical applications in
the field of otolaryngology, but in this volume leading authors
present the latest research findings to help provide new therapies
for patients in the future. This state-of-the-art information makes
the book a valuable professional reference work for all doctors and
researchers who focus on regenerative treatments in the field of
otolaryngology and neuroscience.
The research described in this book represents important steps
toward understanding the development of inner ear medicine and new
perspectives in regenerative medicine, including efficacy in
cochlear implants and various other treatments. The book depicts
the mechanisms that underlie inner ear diseases, their experimental
models, and proposals for new strategies to treat their symptoms.
As well, the exciting future prospects for dealing with the very
common problem of inner ear diseases are explained. These disorders
occur among many people and include sensorineural hearing loss
(SNHL), sudden deafness, senile deafness, noise-induced deafness,
tinnitus, dizziness-vertigo, and Meniere's disease. In Japan alone,
there are more than 6 million deaf patients including those with
middle-range deafness. There is currently no effective treatment,
and regardless of the underlying cause, the damage has been
considered irreversible. However, the results of recent research
show that these patients actually can recover. The study of hair
cells, spiral ganglion neurons, and stem cells for inner ear
diseases such as SNHL, tinnitus, dizziness, and vertigo is at the
forefront of regenerative medicine and may provide solutions to
some of these problems. The information presented here makes this
book a valuable professional reference work for all doctors and
researchers in the field of otolaryngology who focus on
regenerative treatments for inner ear diseases.
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