Health-related research and clinical management efforts only recently have begun to
recognize gender differences. Women live longer than men, but are more likely to …

Little gender-specific data related to hearing loss and hearing loss management are
available. The purpose of this investigation was to examine personal and social conditions …

The purpose of this chapter is to review the literature on hearing impairment, specifically the
impact of hearing impairment on the functioning of elders, interventions that minimize the …

A survey of 66 hearing-impaired older women aged 54 to 96 years interviewed at home
examined major influences on quality of life experienced by 27 prevocationally deaf and 39 …

Objectives: To determine the prevalence of and risk factors for hearing loss in a sample of
2,052 older adults (aged 73–84; 46.9% male, 37.3% black) enrolled in the Health, Aging …

Geriatric hearing loss: Management strategies for nurses: Nurses should understand the
disabling conditions that hearing loss m Page 1 Geriatric Hearing Loss: Management Strategies …

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 …

Both vision and hearing impairment increase dramatically with advancing age. The
Baltimore Eye Survey (Tielsch et al., 1990) reported crude prevalence rates of visual …

Objectives. The aim of this study was to address the prevalence of clinically assessed high-
frequency hearing impairment (HFHI) and self-reported hearing impairment (SRHI) and …

Being able to communicate is a cornerstone of healthy aging. People need to make
themselves understood and to understand others to remain cognitively and socially …