Estrada-González JG, Morales-Cadena GM, Dorado-Berumen OA, Fonseca-Chávez MG

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

Background: Approximately 25-30% of elderly people present with hearing loss. Presbycusis is due to degenerative changes typical of aging. Functional status is defined as the ability to perform actions for daily living, to maintain and subsist independently. The cognitive state is the knowledge acquired to process any type of information to assess certain aspects.
Objective: To determine if there is any relationship between the prevalence of hearing loss and functional and cognitive impairment of the elderly.
Material and Method: A prospective, cross-sectional, observational and analytical study done from November 2016 to September 2017 in elderly patients at the Hospital Español de México. An abbreviated medical history, audiological study, and functional (Lawton Brody) and cognitive (Minimental) scales were applied.
Results: Thirty-five older adults were included; it was found a relation between the scales of functional (p = 0.0260) and cognitive scales (p = 0.0049) with a higher degree of hearing loss.
Conclusion: A higher degree of hearing loss impacts on the score of the functional and cognitive scales, even with superficial hearing loss the scales have some significant change.

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