Helping older people with cognitive decline communicate: Hearing aids as part of a broader rehabilitation approach

Seminars in Hearing

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 308-330

  Pichora Fuller, M Kathleen ^a,b,c,d   Dupuis, Kate ^a,b,e   Reed, Marilyn ^e   Lemke, Ulrike ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c ROTMAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE   (Canada)

^f Phonak AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aging; caregiver burden; cognitive impairment; dementia; hearing aid use

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; AUDIOLOGIST; AUDITORY REHABILITATION; CAREGIVER; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE REHABILITATION; COMMUNICATION AID; COMPREHENSION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY; GERIATRIC REHABILITATION; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LONG TERM CARE; MENTAL TEST; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

EID: 84886933307     PISSN: 07340451     EISSN: 10988955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1356643     Document Type: Article

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