Taneja MK. Prevention and Rehabilitation of Old Age Deafness.
Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2020;
72:524-531. [PMID:
33088786 DOI:
10.1007/s12070-020-01856-3]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2020] [Accepted: 04/04/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
Abstract
Hearing impairment is one of the most common sensory deficit affecting 466 million people globally and in majority of old age people it can not corrected. Since presbycusis is always associated with diminished cognition power resulting in two fold loss in understanding of speech. There is no treatment available till date to regenerate the hair cells but certainly we can augment hearing by preventing and regenerating (apoptosis) atrophy of stria vascularis, spiral neural cells degeneration, atrophy of auditory nerve and cerebral cortex by modified greeva, skandh chalan, dynamic neurobics, tratak (focused concentration), Bhramari, Kumbhak along with mindful relaxation technique.
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