Hearing Assessment and Rehabilitation for People Living With Dementia.

ABSTRACT: Hearing impairment commonly co-occurs with dementia. Audiologists, therefore, need to be prepared to address the specific needs of people living with dementia (PwD). PwD have needs in terms of dementia-friendly clinical settings, assessments, and rehabilitation strategies tailored to support individual requirements that depend on social context, personality, background, and health-related factors, as well as audiometric HL and experience with hearing assistance. Audiologists typically receive limited specialist training in assisting PwD and professional guidance for audiologists is scarce. The aim of this review was to outline best practice recommendations for the assessment and rehabilitation of hearing impairment for PwD with reference to the current evidence base. These recommendations,

SUBMITTER: Dawes P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9197139 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul-Aug 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature