Editorial: Development, Wellbeing, and Lifelong Learning in Individuals With a Dual Sensory Loss [PDF]
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 Marleen J. Janssen +2 more
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Dual sensory loss and its mental health impacts: where to now? [PDF]
Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2015 It is common for older people to experience deterioration of their vision or hearing as they age. The combined effect of vision and hearing loss [known as Dual Sensory Loss (DSL)] is prevalent in the older adult population, occurring in up to 69% of adults aged 65 years and over (Wittich et al., 2012).
Chyrisse eHeine
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Participation experiences of people with deafblindness or dual sensory loss: A scoping review of global deafblind literature. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 BackgroundDeafblindness, also known as dual sensory loss, is a varying combination of visual and hearing impairment in the same individual. Interest in this topic has increased recently due to evidence suggesting an increase in prevalence of this ...
Atul Jaiswal +4 more
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Cognitive decline, dual sensory loss and the use of visual aids in elderly - A narrative review
Oman Journal of OphthalmologyThe relationships between visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, stereo acuity, and cognition varied, implying that domain-specific cognitive loss patterns exist.
Sourav Karmakar +3 more
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Dual sensory loss and social participation in older Europeans. [PDF]
Eur J Ageing, 2014 The purpose of the study was to describe the prevalence of hearing difficulties, vision difficulties and dual sensory difficulties in 11 European countries, and to study whether sensory difficulties are associated with social inactivity in older Europeans.
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Older Women in Australia: Facing the Challenges of Dual Sensory Loss. [PDF]
Int J Environ Res Public Health, 2019 With the increase in longevity, the number of women living into old age is rising and higher than that of men. Data was derived from the Melbourne Longitudinal Studies on Healthy Ageing Program, which included 533 women and 467 men aged 65 years and older, in Australia, over 10 years.
Heine C, Gong CH, Feldman S, Browning C.
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Dual sensory loss: development of a dual sensory loss protocol and design of a randomized controlled trial. [PDF]
BMC Geriatr, 2013 Dual sensory loss (DSL) has a negative impact on health and wellbeing and its prevalence is expected to increase due to demographic aging. However, specialized care or rehabilitation programs for DSL are scarce. Until now, low vision rehabilitation does not sufficiently target concurrent impairments in vision and hearing.
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Validity and Reliability of the Major Depression Inventory for Persons With Dual Sensory Loss. [PDF]
Innov Aging, 2018 Abstract Background and Objectives Research has shown that dual sensory loss is a risk factor for depression in older adults. However, validated measures of depression for people with dual sensory loss are lacking.
Hovaldt HB, Nielsen T, Dammeyer J.
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Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes, 2023 Objective: To evaluate the risk of potentially preventable hospitalizations (PPHs) among adults with sensory loss. We hypothesized a greater PPH risk among people with a sensory loss (hearing, vision, and dual) compared with controls.
Samantha Ratakonda +5 more
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Dual sensory loss and cognitive performance among older adults in India. [PDF]
J Alzheimers DisBackground Hearing loss (HL) and vision loss (VL) occur frequently among older adults and are independent risk factors for dementia, including in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where incident dementia is common.
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