2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
10/25/2016 | 8:40 AM - 9:45 AM | Older Adults with Hearing Impairment and Their Perception towards Cochlear Implants | BGPOP Building 402/403/404
Older Adults with Hearing Impairment and Their Perception towards Cochlear Implants
WHO statistics (2012) suggested that approximately 15% of adult population and 33% of geriatric population suffer from hearing loss. A high percentage of the prevalence of hearing impairment is in the developing and underdeveloped countries.
Disability Census (2011) indicated similar trends in India. The life expectancy in India is on rise, accompanied by a significantly high number of older adults who have severe-to-profound hearing loss that cannot be treated with amplification devices. These are the individuals whose quality of life is being reduced significantly because of their sensory impairment. They experience emotional reactions such as loneliness, isolation, dependence, and depression. These older adults, when given the option of cochlear implant as one of the better solutions, often turn down the cochlear implant.
This presentation reports a study of 20 older adults who turned down the cochlear implant option. The presentation discusses issues such as low awareness among health-care professionals, no proper referral channel, family member hesitation to make the decision about an invasive procedure, and fear of the unknown. There is a strong need for audiologists, medical professionals, and hearing-aid dispensers to promote a strong message that where a hearing aid can no longer provide support for a person with hearing loss, a cochlear implant can be a solution for all age groups.
- to understand the dynamics of older adults with hearing loss
- To understand the thought process of need and want of Cochlaer implant
- To define road map to increase referrals of older adults for cochlaer implant
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Presenters/Authors
Kalyani Mandke
(), Mandke Hearing Services Pune, kalyani.mandke@gmail.com;
Dr. Kalyani Mandke, Ph.D., CCC-A has made it her mission to enrich the concept of audiology and aural rehabilitation at the grass root level. She received her AuD from the Pennsylvania College of Optometry in 2007 and her Ph.D. from the School of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Pune 1991. She has been the recipient of many awards including a Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Contribution in International Achievement of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA)2015 and the ASHA Diversity Champion Award in 2009. SHe has presented her work at many international conferences and is the Director of Mandke Hearing Services in Pune, India that she began in 1985.
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