Cognition and Aging 🇨🇦
⏱️ 45 min | 📍Canada | Join audiology and psychology expert Kathy Pichora-Fuller as she explores the intricate connections among cognition, hearing and aging and their implications for healthy aging.
This course dives into the intricate connections among cognition, hearing and aging. Join audiology and psychology expert Kathy Pichora-Fuller as she discusses how existing tools and knowledge can be used by audiologists to assess the connections between age-related hearing loss and typical aging in cognitive domains such as memory, attention, speed of processing and use of contextual information. Kathy highlights the pivotal role of audiologists in addressing the auditory needs of aging listeners, while also emphasizing the importance of integrated person-centered rehabilitative approaches that address the broader everyday functional effects of age-related changes in cognitive and sensory factors on the lives of older adults. Beyond the challenges and opportunities presented by the intersection of sensory and cognitive aging, Kathy stresses how audiologists can promote healthy aging so that older adult can be and do what they value.
Better understanding the connections among cognition, hearing, and aging.
Define healthy aging.
Recognize the role of audiologists in supporting patients to age well.
Identify and implement existing clinical tests and questionnaires that can be used to assess connections between auditory processing and aspects of cognition (memory, attention, speed of processing, use of context) that are key to listening in everyday life.
Look beyond audiologic results when developing an integrated person-centered rehabilitation plan for aging adults.
Enhance strategies for effective audiological rehabilitation that support the everyday functioning of aging adults.
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