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17/05/2012
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Acoustic Training
Although most people passively accept the reduction in hearing ability that seems to come with age, a survey conducted in USP showed that exercise training improves the auditory processing in the elderly.
The speech therapist Renata Alonso studied two groups of participants, whose ages ranged from 60 to 79 years.
Those who received stimuli, through a technique consists task acoustic showed much improvement in the cognitive processes hearing.
Training hearing for the elderly
The training was conducted in a soundproof booth, in which participants were exposed to a variety of stimuli and auditory tasks.
The results showed that the group that received only visual stimulation - a control group for comparison of results - showed no significant improvement, nor hearing, nor cognitive.
The study group, however, showed improvement in auditory processing, cognitive assessment and electrophysiological potentials of the ear.
The researcher says that training is most commonly used in children and adolescents because this is the population who demand such treatment.
However, the training applied to the elderly could improve hearing ability, which would imply an improvement in cognition, memory, speech understanding and, especially, would have a beneficial impact on their social life.
Auditory Processing Disorder
Auditory Processing Disorder corresponds to a deficit in auditory information processing, which can interfere even in speech understanding.
Over the years, degeneration occurs in the internal structures of the ear and the drop in performance in elderly hearing affects your comfort and your social life, which can damage your self-esteem.
Changes in hearing are also related to changes in cognition, which often decline in old age.
Source: Journal of Health
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