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- Hearing is crucial for building social relationships and social life, but hearing loss, a common sensory disability, often gets overlooked in discussions about social interventions.
- The review aims to explain the neurobiology of hearing and to examine how social support and hearing loss are interconnected, including the mental health issues that can arise from hearing loss.
- Additionally, the paper highlights the importance of social interactions in recovery from hearing difficulties and points out areas that need further research in the fields of hearing and social networks.
Article Abstract
Hearing is essential to the formation of social relationships and is the principal afferent of social life. Yet hearing loss, which is one of the most prevalent forms of sensory disability worldwide and is critical for social development, has received little attention from the social interventionalist perspective. The purpose of this mini-review is to describe the basic neurobiological principles of hearing and to explore the reciprocal relationships between social support, hearing loss, and its psychosocial comorbidities. We also discuss the role of social enrichment in sensorineural recovery and identify open questions within the fields of hearing physiology and social networks.
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