Purpose Research focusing on the consequences of sensory impairments for the everyday competence of the oldest-old is emerging. The two main goals of this study were to document the prevalence of self ...

Older adults with both hearing and visual impairments—or dual sensory impairment—had a significantly higher risk for dementia in a recent study published in Alzheimer's & Dementia: Diagnosis, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Dual sensory impairment in vision and hearing increased the rate of dementia and cognitive decline over the ...

Individuals with dual sensory impairment (DSI) and single hearing or visual impairment had a significantly higher risk of 14-year mortality than those without sensory impairment, irrespective of age, ...

Occupational health professionals play a critical role in identifying undiagnosed hearing and vision impairments that often go unnoticed, ensuring employees receive timely, specialist support that ...

Older adults aged 60 years and above with vision and hearing impairments may enjoy fewer years of life as well as healthy life compared to those with no impairments. Detecting and managing these ...

Aging is often associated with changes hearing and vision. While individual sensory loss in each area has significant impact on function and and quality of life, presence of both hearing and visual ...

A new study published in the Journal of Psychiatric Research suggests that individuals with misophonia experience sensory ...

Emerging science shows that sensory dysfunction can increase the risk of dementia, and the new research presented at AAIC 2019 further demonstrates the impact of multiple co-occurring sensory ...

The World Health Organisation estimates that approximately 1.3 billion people worldwide have a significant visual impairment and over 460 million people have a significant hearing impairment. In ...

July 8 (UPI) --Older adults with both hearing and visual impairment have a nearly 90 percent higher risk for developing dementia, according to a study published Wednesday by the journal Alzheimer's ...

Out of the five physical senses, impairment in vision and hearing, especially simultaneously, may have the greatest impact on the health of older adults. These impairments are associated with poor ...