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American Geriatrics Society and National Institute on Aging Bench-to-Bedside conference: sensory impairment and cognitive decline in older adults [PDF]
, 2018 This article summarizes the presentations and recommendations of the tenth annual American Geriatrics Society and National Institute on Aging Bench‐to‐Bedside research conference, “Sensory Impairment and Cognitive Decline,” on October 2–3, 2017, in ...
Cronin-Golomb, Alice +10 more
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Psychosocial Adaptations to Dual Sensory Loss in Middle and Late Adulthood [PDF]
Trends in Amplification, 2007 Concurrent losses of hearing and vision function, or dual sensory loss, affect a large number of individuals of all ages and particularly older adults. Dual sensory loss may present at any age as a result of genetic defect, accident, injury, disease, or environmental insult; however, most persons develop this condition as a result of age-related ...
Mark, Brennan, Scott J, Bally
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Societies, 2021 This article presents the first-year results of a project that aimed to explore the feasibility of using a braille display and a smartphone in society to improve face-to-face communication for a person living with deafblindness, using a simulated ...
Claude Vincent +4 more
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Interventions for adults with deafblindness - an integrative review
BMC Health Services Research, 2022 Purpose To compile the current research on interventions for rehabilitation aimed at adults (aged 18-65 years) with deafblindness. Materials and methods A comprehensive search was conducted in eight databases. An additional manual search was also carried
Camilla Warnicke +3 more
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Electrical neurostimulation for chronic pain: on selective relay of sensory neural activities in myelinated nerve fibers [PDF]
, 2015 Chronic pain affects about 100 million adults in the US. Despite their great need, neuropharmacology and neurostimulation therapies for chronic pain have been associated with suboptimal efficacy and limited long-term success, as their mechanisms of ...
Sacré, Pierre +3 more
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Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science, 2023 In the United States, AMD is a leading cause of low vision that leads to central vision loss and has a high co-occurrence with hearing loss. The impact of central vision loss on the daily functioning of older individuals cannot be fully addressed without considering their hearing status.
Xiong, Ying-Zi +4 more
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Frontiers in Psychology, 2020 Interaction between parents and children with congenital deafblindness (CDB) is easily hampered due to dual sensory loss. This case report examines imitation and emotional availability in interaction between a mother and her 3-year-old child with CDB ...
Sini Peltokorpi +4 more
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Frontiers in Education, 2020 IntroductionExperiencing deafblindness is frequently accompanied by existential struggles. The number of older people with acquired deafblindness is fast increasing, and older persons’ health-related burdens are particularly associated with existential ...
Daniel Prause +5 more
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Frontiers in Education, 2020 In this study, school professionals provided a rich context for understanding how collaboration can lead to learning when educating a child with deafblindness.
Elizabeth S. Hartmann
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Cross-modal extinction in a boy with severely autistic behaviour and high verbal intelligence [PDF]
, 2008 Anecdotal reports from individuals with autism suggest a loss of awareness to stimuli from one modality in the presence of stimuli from another. Here we document such a case in a detailed study of T.M., a 13-year-old boy with autism in whom significant ...
Adini, Y +10 more
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