Background The main clinical intervention for mild to moderate hearing loss is the provision
of hearing aids. These are routinely offered and fitted to those who seek help for hearing …

Objectives: This descriptive summary of the literature provides an overview of the available
studies (published between January 1980 and January 2009) on correlates of help-seeking …

Abstract The Fifth Eriksholm Workshop on “Hearing Impairment and Cognitive Energy” was
convened to develop a consensus among interdisciplinary experts about what is known on …

Hearing loss with increasing age adversely affects the ability to understand speech, an effect
that results partly from reduced audibility. The aims of this study were to establish whether …

Aging is a natural consequence of a society develo** process. Although many adults
retain good hearing as they aging, hearing loss related with age–presbycusis which can …

Background Auditory training involves active listening to auditory stimuli and aims to
improve performance in auditory tasks. As such, auditory training is a potential intervention …

Recent advances in research and clinical practice concerning aging and auditory
communication have been driven by questions about age-related differences in peripheral …

Cognitive Hearing Science or Auditory Cognitive Science is an emerging field of
interdisciplinary research concerning the interactions between hearing and cognition. It …

Ecological validity is a relatively new concept in hearing science. It has been cited as
relevant with increasing frequency in publications over the past 20 years, but without any …

Older individuals often find it difficult to communicate, especially in group situations,
because they are unable to keep up with the flow of conversation or are too slow in …