Current trends in treating hearing loss in elderly people: A review of the technology and treatment options - A mini-review

Gerontology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 351-358

  Sprinzl, G M ^a   Riechelmann, H ^a  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Adults with hearing loss; Amplification; Cochlear implants; Hearing aids; Hearing loss in the elderly; Presbycusis; Sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

AUDITORY REHABILITATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEARING AID; HUMAN; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE EAR IMPLANT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PRESBYACUSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; WORD RECOGNITION;

AGED; HEARING AIDS; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRESBYCUSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951879710     PISSN: 0304324X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000275062     Document Type: Review

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