Title |
Cognitive Decline and Hearing Health Care for Older Adults
|
---|---|
Published in |
American Journal of Audiology, June 2015
|
DOI | 10.1044/2015_aja-14-0076 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
M. Kathleen Pichora-Fuller |
Abstract |
The purpose of this paper is to consider the implications of age-related cognitive decline for hearing health care. Recent research and current thinking about age-related declines in cognition and the links between auditory and cognitive aging were reviewed briefly. Implications of this research for improving prevention, assessment and intervention in audiologic practice and for enhancing inter-professional teamwork were highlighted. Given the important connection between auditory and cognitive aging, and given the high prevalence of both hearing and cognitive impairments in the oldest older adults, health care services could be improved by taking into account how both the ear and the brain change over the lifespan. By incorporating cognitive factors into audiologic prevention, assessment and intervention, hearing health care can contribute to better hearing and communication, as well as to healthy aging. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
United Kingdom | 3 | 43% |
Ireland | 2 | 29% |
United States | 2 | 29% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Members of the public | 7 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Unknown | 48 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 23% |
Researcher | 6 | 13% |
Student > Master | 4 | 8% |
Student > Bachelor | 2 | 4% |
Other | 2 | 4% |
Other | 2 | 4% |
Unknown | 21 | 44% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Psychology | 9 | 19% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 13% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 8% |
Social Sciences | 4 | 8% |
Neuroscience | 2 | 4% |
Other | 3 | 6% |
Unknown | 20 | 42% |