Highly prevalent, age related hearing loss (ARHL) for which treatments are available, has recently been identified by the Lancet Commission as a potentially modifiable risk factor. In isolation or when presenting concurrently, ARHL and dementia are costly conditions because of their marked impact on social functioning, health outcomes and well-being. The goal of this seminar will be to provide an overview of dementia and the connections to hearing loss and hearing health care interventions.
Please note: You may earn ABA Tier 1 credits for this course if you complete it as part of the course 32200, "Hearing Loss and Aging Series." Course 32200 contains recordings of all four events from our 2018 series on Hearing Loss and Aging. ABA Tier 1 CEUs can be earned only when all modules are completed as part of course 32200.
Course created on July 18, 2018
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Learning Outcomes
- After this course, participants will be able to list the causes and modifiable risk factors for dementia and the significant role of hearing loss in the equation.
- After this course, participants will be able to describe the implications of the communication changes and behaviors that occur with dementia and their implications for audiologic practice.
- After this course, participants will be able to explain the contribution of hearing interventions to dementia onset, dementia progression and brain health.
Agenda
| 0-5 Minutes | Introduction |
| 5-10 Minutes | Demographics of Dementia Globally and in the USA |
| 10-35 Minutes | Definition of dementia; dementia trajectory and co-morbidities |
| 35-45 Minutes | Communication characteristics of persons with dementia by stage of dementia; Brain and behavior changes |
| 45-50 Minutes | Hearing loss as a risk factor for dementia; Explanations for the link between hearing loss and dementia |
| 50-55 Minutes | Efficacy of hearing health care interventions for persons with dementia and the role of audiologists in working with persons with dementia |
| 55-60 Minutes | Summary; Q & A |
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Barbara Weinstein
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Professor Barbara Weinstein is a Professor of Audiology at the Graduate Center, CUNY and an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at NYU Langone Hospitial. She developed the world’s most widely used tools to identify patients with hearing loss which have been translated into 20+ different languages and are used globally to document the negative health effects associated with hearing loss and the outcomes associated with hearing aid use, audiologic rehabilitation and counseling, and e-rehabilitation. Dr. Weinstein has also widely researched geriatric audiology in the areas of screening and psycho-social factors associated with hearing loss. She completed one of the first studies on senile dementia and hearing loss, and hearing loss and social isolation.
Dr. Weinstein founded and directed the Doctoral Program in Audiology at the Graduate Center, CUNY in New York City as well as the Doctoral programs in Public Health, Nursing Sciences and Physical Therapy. The author of both editions of Geriatric Audiology, Dr. Weinstein has represented the field of audiology on federal panels and has been a leader in audiology professional societies. Her policy and opinion pieces are read nationally and internationally by members of the audiology community and by lay people, as well.
Dr. Weinstein has long advocated for the integration of hearing health care into the mainstream be it cultural, medical or religious institutions. Her research on hearing loss and dementia, and on the social consequences of hearing loss, has profound implications at the intersection of audiology, medicine and society.
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