hearing aids for auditory processing disorder

This review paper highlights the need to consider the distortion introduced by hearing aids, specifically when considering normally-ageing older adults. However, they cannot directly enhance central processes and may introduce distortion to sound that might act to undermine listening ability. Hearing aids can address some aspects of peripheral hearing impairment and improve signal-to-noise ratios. Audiometry provides no information about the status of auditory processing and cognition, and older adults often struggle with complex listening situations, such as speech in noise perception, even if their peripheral hearing appears normal.

Throughout our adult lives there is a decline in peripheral hearing, auditory processing and elements of cognition that support listening ability. 4Division of Human Communication, Development and Hearing, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom.3Department of Linguistics, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW, Australia.2NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom.

1Audiology Department, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, Reading, United Kingdom.Richard Windle 1 * Harvey Dillon 2,3 Antje Heinrich 2,4

Hearing aids for auditory processing disorder