Elderly people with hearing loss and cognitive decline: speech perception performance in noise
Maria Julia Ferreira Cardoso,
Kátia de Freitas Alvarenga,
Maria de Lourdes Merighi Tabaquim
et al.
Abstract:Purpose To verify the influence of verbal intellectual-cognitive skills on speech perception in noise, in elderly with sensorineural hearing loss, considering education, age, and degree of hearing loss. Methods 36 elderly between 60 and 89 years old with bilateral sensorineural hearing loss participated in the study. After psychological assessment using the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Adults (WAIS-III), they were grouped into (GI) 24 elderly without cognitive alteration and (GII) 12 elderly with risk of c… Show more
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