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| Psychological effects of hearing aid use in older adults | | Author(s) | Clemens Tesch-Römer |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological sciences and social sciences, vol 52B, no 3, May 1997 |
| Pages | pp P127-P138 |
| Keywords | Hearing aids ; Hearing Impairment ; Well being ; Longitudinal surveys ; Germany. |
| Annotation | Hearing impairment in older adults is a chronic condition with high prevalence, and showing negative correlations with communication, social integration, well-being, and cognition. In the present study, a group of older Germans with mild to moderate hearing loss who received a hearing aid for the first time in their lives (aural rehabilitation group, n=70) and two age-matched controls (42 hearing impaired without hearing aids, and 28 with more or less normal hearing) were tested longitudinally over a 6-month period. Measures examined their performance on communication problems, social activities, satisfaction with social relationships, well-being, and cognition. Data analyses show that in older people with mild to moderate hearing loss, hearing aid use has positive effects on self-perceived hearing handicap. However, hearing aid use has no effect where social activities, satisfaction with social relations, well-being, and cognitive functioning are concerned. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-971125249 A |
| Classmark | M8: BV: D:F:5HH: 3J: 767 |
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