Investigation of the effect of age-related hearing loss on visual memory

Authors : Mahmut Huntürk ATİLLA

Pages : 401-404

Doi:10.32322/jhsm.1244208

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Publication Date : 2023-03-27

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Aim: To investigate the effect of age-related hearing loss on visual memory. Material and Method: 20 participants with normal hearing loss and 38 participants with hearing loss were included in the study. All of the patients were older than 65 years. Pure tone audiometry, speech audiometry and Benton visual retention test were applied to all participants. Results: Mean Benton test score of the hearing-normal and the hearing loss group were 13.10±1.48 and 8.81±3.27 respectively. Patients were divided into three groups as hearing-normal, hearing loss with WRS greater than 80% and hearing loss with WRS lower than 80%. In terms of Benton scores there was statistically significant difference between groups insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.001);. Post-hoc tests revealed that Benton scores of the group hearing loss with WRS lower than 80% were significantly low insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.001);. Benton scores of hearing-normal and hearing loss with WRS greater than 80% groups were statistically similar insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p=0.075);. Conclusion: Impairment of cognitive functions is related to dysfunction of higher order cognitive processes rather than sensory impairment.
Keywords : Word recognition score, dementia, Benton visual retention test