Hearing Loss in the Elderly

Rohan Patel; Brian J. McKinnon

doi:10.1016/j.cger.2018.01.001

Hearing Loss in the Elderly

Rohan Patel, Brian J. McKinnon

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Abstract

Presbycusis, or age-related hearing loss (ARHL), is the result of physiologic and pathologic changes associated with advancing age. ARHL presents typically with a high-frequency hearing loss, which contributes to greater trouble hearing consonants within words. Consonants convey the bulk of meaning within a word, and this loss of linguistic information results in complaints associated with ARHL. Hearing aids and cochlear implants significantly improve the lives of older adults with hearing loss, in particular, those with depression and dementia. Successful current research in gene therapy, pharmacotherapy, and stems cells holds the promise of being able to restore native cochlear function.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	163-174
Number of pages	12
Journal	Clinics in Geriatric Medicine
Volume	34
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cger.2018.01.001
State	Published - May 2018
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Age-related hearing loss
Cochlear implants
Elderly
Geriatrics
Hearing aids
Osseointegrated auditory implants
Presbycusis
Regenerative therapies

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Geriatrics and Gerontology

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