Audiology and Aging: literature review and current horizons

Abstract

the papers hereby analyzed showed that the public health care centers with physicians and speech and hearing therapists, should establish the guidelines for the development of diagnostic programs, purchase of hearing aids and, most specially, hearing reeducation for the elderly with presbycusis, so that they may enjoy their social relations, and thus enhance their life quality. However, in Brazil, studies and research in this area only beginning.

Perfil dos usuários de AASI com vistas à amplificação, cognição e processamento auditivo

“…Tables 2 and 3 confirm the results mentioned above, since type A tympanometric curve and acoustic reflexes absent, coupled with sensorineural hearing loss of mild to moderate can characterize both presbycusis and NIHL 15 . The results also showed an increased occurrence of sloping audiometric configuration in patients over 60 years, indicative of presbycusis 2,13,15 . performance also depends on other variables such as type and degree of hearing loss, duration of auditory deprivation and other factors 19 .…”

“…Furthermore, this study showed higher levels of speech recognition in patients younger than 60 years suggesting that the elderly have greater difficulty in speech recognition. This finding may be related both to find hearing loss as the difficulties in processing auditory temporal 2,3,5,6 . All devices adapted were of the retroauricular type requiring the use of ear molds.…”

Avaliação da satisfação dos usuários de aparelho de amplificação sonora individual - revisão sistemática

“…, Maria Fernanda Capoani Garcia Mondelli (2) RESUMO Tema: satisfação de usuários de aparelho de amplificação sonora individual (AASI). Objetivo: avaliar a o nível de satisfação dos usuários de AASI por meio da aplicação do questionário Satisfaction With Amplification in Daily Life (SADL) e realizar revisão sistemática dos artigos selecionados para o estudo.…”

“…(2) Fonoaudióloga; Professora Doutora do Departamento de Fonoaudiologia da Faculdade de Odontologia de BauruUniversidade de São Paulo.…”

Qualidade de vida em idosos antes e após a adaptação do AASI

“…As a result of the forecasted aging of the population, the number of patient candidates to fitting an Individual Sound Amplification Device (ISAD) will greatly increase in the next years 13 . Today, in the current demographic settings, it is urgent to establish the guidelines for the development of diagnostic programs, acquisition of individual sound amplification device and, especially, of a specific hearing reeducation program for the elderly with hearing loss, so that they can participate and enjoy social relations, having a good quality of life 14 . Quality of life associated with the health and the subjective health status are similar concepts, centered in the patient's assessment, but necessarily connected to the health status impact on the individual's capacity to live fully 15 .…”