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Age-Related Decline of Vision, Hearing, and Balance: Pathophysiology and Midlife Prevention

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The present chapter discuss the complex pathophysiological mechanisms of the sensory decline affecting vision, hearing and balance complex physiological mechanisms are stressed in this chapter. Even if a system dysfunction is more clinically apparent than the others, all the age-related changes started at midlife whatever the existence or not of a genetic predisposition. These changes are exacerbated by multiple general or more specific extrinsic risk factors.

These midlife age-related sensory changes are not enough investigated while an adequate prevention could have an enormous impact on the daily life at the old age: decreased mobility disorders and fall, better hearing, reduced dizziness feeling, less cognitive disorders, and indeed improved activity of daily life and quality of life.

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    Patrice Tran Ba Huy

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Tran Ba Huy, P. (2019). Age-Related Decline of Vision, Hearing, and Balance: Pathophysiology and Midlife Prevention. In: Michel, JP. (eds) Prevention of Chronic Diseases and Age-Related Disability. Practical Issues in Geriatrics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96529-1_14

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