Effectiveness of the active communication education program in improving the general quality of life of older adults who use hearing aids: a randomized clinical trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hearing loss in older adults affects general, generic health-related and disease-specific quality of life (QoL). The conventional strategy to address it is through hearing aids, which have been shown to improve disease-specific QoL. However, the long-term results regarding general quality of life are unknown, and communication problems and stigma associated with hearing loss may persist. An effective intervention strategy to address these problems is group communication programs, most notably Active Communication Education (ACE). This program has been shown to increase communication strategies and reduce communication activity limitations and participation restrictions. These precedents allow us to hypothesize that this program could improve general QoL.

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SUBMITTER: Marcotti A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11470628 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature