Hearing loss and healthy aging : workshop summary /

"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 engaged with families, friends, and other individuals. When they are unable to communicate, people with hearing impairments can bec...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Authors: Hearing Loss and Healthy Aging (Workshop) Washington, D.C.), Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Health Sciences Policy (sponsoring body.), National Research Council (U.S.). Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education (sponsoring body.)
Other Authors: Lustig, Tracy A. (rapporteur.), Olson, Steve, 1956- (rapporteur.)
Format: Electronic Conference Proceeding eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, [2014]
Subjects:
Deafness > Congresses.
Aging > United States > Congresses.
Hearing disorders.
Older people.
Deafness > United States > Congresses.
Hearing Disorders > United States > Congresses.
Aged > United States > Congresses.
Hearing Loss > United States > Congresses.
Delivery of Health Care > United States > Congresses.
Health Promotion > United States > Congresses.
Deafness
Hearing Disorders
Aged
Surdité > Congrès.
Vieillissement > États-Unis > Congrès.
Troubles de l'audition.
Personnes âgées.
elderly.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Older people
Hearing disorders
Aging
United States
Congress
proceedings (reports)
Conference papers and proceedings
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction, background, and overview of the workshop
  • Hearing loss: two perspectives
  • The connection between hearing loss and healthy aging
  • Current approaches to hearing health care delivery
  • Hearing technologies
  • Innovative models
  • Contemporary issues in hearing health care
  • Collaborative strategies for the future.

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