کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
4106675 1605381 2013 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Hearing aids and recovery times: a study according to cognitive status
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی بیماری های گوش و جراحی پلاستیک صورت
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Hearing aids and recovery times: a study according to cognitive status
چکیده انگلیسی

Studies have shown that elderly people with cognitive impairments benefit more from hearing aids with slower recovery times.ObjectiveTo study participation constraints and speech recognition in noise of elderly subjects equipped with hearing aids of different recovery times according to cognitive impairment status.MethodFifty subjects aged between 60 and 80 years were followed for four months. They were divided at first in groups of individuals without (G1; n = 24) and with (G2; n = 26) cognitive impairment based on results of the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale - Cognitive Sub-scale test. Half the members of each group received hearing aids with faster recovery times and half got slower recovery aids, thus forming four groups: two without cognitive impairment (faster recovery - G1F; slower recovery - G1S) and two suspected for cognitive impairment (faster recovery - G2F; slower recovery - G2S). All subjects were interviewed, submitted to basic audiological assessment, asked to answer the Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly questionnaire, and tested for speech recognition in noise. ANOVA, McNemar's test, and the Chi-square test were applied. The significance level was set at 5%.ResultsThere was significant improvement in participation constraint and speech recognition in noise with hearing aids alone. Sub-group G2F needed more favorable signal-to-noise ratios to recognize 50% of the speech in noise.ConclusionParticipation constraint and speech recognition in noise were improved regardless of recovery times or cognitive impairment status.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Brazilian Journal of Otorhinolaryngology - Volume 79, Issue 2, March–April 2013, Pages 177–184
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