Alzheimer's disease, hearing impairment and hearing-aids: a review

Alzheimer's disease has major social and family consequences. However, therapeutic strategies are still limited. Non-pharmacological therapeutic approaches are known to be useful to protect the intellectual abilities of the patients, or at least, to slow down their decline. Therefore, it is imp...

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Published inPsychologie & neuropsychiatrie du vieillissement Vol. 5; no. 2; pp. 121 - 125
Main Authors Petitot, Charles, Perrot, Xavier, Collet, Lionel, Bonnefoy, Marc
Format Journal Article
LanguageFrench
Published France 01.06.2007
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Alzheimer Disease - epidemiology
Alzheimer Disease - physiopathology
Hearing Aids
Hearing Disorders - epidemiology
Hearing Disorders - therapy
Humans
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Summary:Alzheimer's disease has major social and family consequences. However, therapeutic strategies are still limited. Non-pharmacological therapeutic approaches are known to be useful to protect the intellectual abilities of the patients, or at least, to slow down their decline. Therefore, it is important to pay attention to the consequences of sensory impairment in these old patients. Indeed, sensory troubles, mainly concerning hearing, may have an impact on the cognitive and behavioral symptoms. Several studies showed that the management of hearing impairment could afford cognitive and behavioral benefits in demented subjects as well as for the non-demented people. These results are encouraging, and suggest that hearing management should be applied to all hearing impaired patients with Alzheimer's disease.
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ISSN:1760-1703
DOI:10.1684/pnv.2007.0039