Hearing and aging
Hull, Raymond H.,
Hearing and aging [E-Book] - 1 online resource (189 pages) : illustrations
"With information on Hearing loss in older adulthood (chapter 1) by Gabrielle Saunders, PhD, and Dawn Konrad-Martin, PhD, National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research, Portland, Oregon."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Hearing loss in older adulthood : auditory and non-auditory barriers to communication -- The impact of impaired hearing on older adults -- Facilitating psychological adjustment to hearing loss -- Special considerations for the use of hearing aids with older adults -- Techniques for improving listening and communication skills for older adults who possess impaired hearing -- Older adults in health care facilities -- Serving the special needs of older adults with impaired hearing in health care facilities.
This is the first book written and published that is dedicated solely to hearing loss in older adulthood and, importantly, the processes involved in serving the special needs of older adults who are hearing impaired. It is a concise book, but provides important information for those entering many fields that have as their intent to serve older adults either as a supplement to other texts on communication disorders in aging, or as a concise primary text.
9781597566988 1597566985
2011031834
Presbycusis.
Older deaf people.
Ear--Aging.
Age factors in disease.
Older people.
Hearing aids.
Hearing Loss--etiology
Hearing Loss--psychology
Age Factors
Aged
Hearing Aids
Presbycusis
WV 270
Hearing and aging [E-Book] - 1 online resource (189 pages) : illustrations
"With information on Hearing loss in older adulthood (chapter 1) by Gabrielle Saunders, PhD, and Dawn Konrad-Martin, PhD, National Center for Rehabilitative Auditory Research, Portland, Oregon."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Hearing loss in older adulthood : auditory and non-auditory barriers to communication -- The impact of impaired hearing on older adults -- Facilitating psychological adjustment to hearing loss -- Special considerations for the use of hearing aids with older adults -- Techniques for improving listening and communication skills for older adults who possess impaired hearing -- Older adults in health care facilities -- Serving the special needs of older adults with impaired hearing in health care facilities.
This is the first book written and published that is dedicated solely to hearing loss in older adulthood and, importantly, the processes involved in serving the special needs of older adults who are hearing impaired. It is a concise book, but provides important information for those entering many fields that have as their intent to serve older adults either as a supplement to other texts on communication disorders in aging, or as a concise primary text.
9781597566988 1597566985
2011031834
Presbycusis.
Older deaf people.
Ear--Aging.
Age factors in disease.
Older people.
Hearing aids.
Hearing Loss--etiology
Hearing Loss--psychology
Age Factors
Aged
Hearing Aids
Presbycusis
WV 270