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Session Overview: Older adults often experience difficulty understanding speech in challenging listening situations, and these difficulties may not be fully resolved with the use of hearing aids. Age-related changes in the auditory nerve, brainstem, and cortex may lead to impaired neural representation of the speech signal, thus limiting the benefits that can be obtained from amplification. These changes are often not reflected in the audiogram. Two people with identical audiogram may experience vastly different hearing difficulties in their daily lives. Changes in cognitive function may confound these difficulties. This presentation will discuss how aging and hearing loss affects the brain’s ability to process speech. Clinical implications will be discussed in terms of hearing loss management through the use of hearing aids and aural rehabilitation.

 

Presenter(s): Samira Anderson

 

Event: Trans Tasman Conference 2020