AUTHOR=Podury Archana , Jiam Nicole T. , Kim Minsu , Donnenfield Jonah I. , Dhand Amar TITLE=Hearing and sociality: the implications of hearing loss on social life JOURNAL=Frontiers in Neuroscience VOLUME=17 YEAR=2023 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/neuroscience/articles/10.3389/fnins.2023.1245434 DOI=10.3389/fnins.2023.1245434 ISSN=1662-453X 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.