Geriatric Audiology

At the end of the course, students should be able to: 1. define aging and at what age the label aging is employed; 2. explain different audiological, social and psychological characteristics of aged people; 3. list the established co-morbidities of aged people; 4. perform audiological tests on aging population; 5. explain instructions given to aged population in the conduct of audiological tests; 6. explain different types of presbycusis i.e. age-induced hearing loss; 7. list out techniques of rehabilitation in the aged population; and 8. explain the multi-disciplinary approach to treatment of the aged population.

Definition of the aged; Identification of characteristics of aged population; Geriatric communication and evaluation; Peculiarities of communication methods by the aged population; Challenges and specific audiological ways of assessing aged people; Psychology of the aged population; Audiogram pattern of age-induced hearing loss; Co-morbidities of the aged population and audiological implications; Rehabilitation process of the aged population.