Exam 4 Part 3

Question 1

What are some responses that the elderly may say if they have hearing loss?

Answer 1

I can hear but I don’t understand, it sounds muffled, i can’t understand if there is noise

Question 2

What are some family and social effects in the elderly?

Answer 2

Social isolation, suffer depression, impact social relationships, family may see them as being unsocial, anger, frustration

Question 3

What are the living arrangements for the elderly?

Answer 3

Private residences, nursing homes

Question 4

What types of assessments do we use to check the activities of daily living in the elderly?

Answer 4

Questionnaires

Question 5

How many people who live in a nursing home have a severe hearing loss?

Answer 5

50%

Question 6

What are some person variables do we need to consider for the elderly (5)

Answer 6

Mental health, temperament, self-concept, self-sufficiency, and independence

Question 7

Hearing loss increases _______ feelings which can lead to _______

Answer 7

Negative, depression

Question 8

Stable personality traits that affect the ability to cope with hearing loss

Answer 8

Temperament

Question 9

Includes interaction and reliance on others

Answer 9

Self-sufficiency and independence

Question 10

How people view themselves; do I have a hearing loss and can I handle it?

Answer 10

Self-concept

Question 11

What types of physical changes do the elderly experience?

Answer 11

Visual impairment, arthritis, physical fitness, hypertension

Question 12

What are some types of visual impairments?

Answer 12

Cataracts, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, macular degeneration

Question 13

How do visual impairments affect hearing testing?

Answer 13

Adapt hearing test booth to accommodate, may not be able to use speechreading, modify speech perception training, communication strategies, choose appropriate amplification

Question 14

Inflammation of joints

Answer 14

Arthritis

Question 15

How can arthritis affect hearing amplification?

Answer 15

May not be able to work with hearing aids (putting them on/off, cleaning earmolds, changing batteries)

Question 16

Decrease in cognitive, language, memory, orientation, and processing imaging skills

Answer 16

Dementia

Question 17

A form of dementia characterized by initial memory loss, decline in reasoning, unable to recognize family members, and loss of language skills

Answer 17

Alzheimers

Question 18

How can attention affect AR?

Answer 18

Difficulty following tasks, focusing on information, listening in presence of background noise, discriminating important and not important information

Question 19

How can processing speed affect AR?

Answer 19

Difficulty with fast speech, verbal information, visuospatial information, difficult if instructed to respond quickly

Question 20

How can working memory affect AR?

Answer 20

Hold information in memory, recall short-term memory, word retrieval, recall parts of complex sentences