Book chapter
Aging‐Related Balance Impairment and Hearing Loss
The Wiley Handbook on the Aging Mind and Brain, pp.315-336
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
04/18/2018
DOI: 10.1002/9781118772034.ch16
Abstract
This chapter provides information on balance/gait, vestibular system and hearing. Balance/gait disorders (BGDs) occur as a function of age, sensory input decline, or motor control decline, limiting mobility and constituting a major cause of disability among the elderly. Cognitively impaired patients have BGD and slower gait predicts cognitive decline/dementia. There is multisensory degeneration in vision, in hearing, in proprioception, and in vestibular systems. The vestibular system has an important role to play in preventing falling—an increasingly common age‐related problem—by driving compensatory head and neck movements and adding crucial information to balance. Slow, progressive loss of hearing with aging is the most common neurosensory disorder, but counter measures such as cochlear implants can mitigate many of the problems of the dysfunction of the auditory system. Cochlear implants restore auditory perception and the ability to understand speech.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Aging‐Related Balance Impairment and Hearing Loss
- Creators
- Deema FattalMarlan HansenBernd Fritzsch
- Contributors
- Matthew Rizzo (Editor)Steven Anderson (Editor)Bernd Fritzsch (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- The Wiley Handbook on the Aging Mind and Brain, pp.315-336
- DOI
- 10.1002/9781118772034.ch16
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; Chichester, UK
- Number of pages
- 22
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/18/2018
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; Biology; Craniofacial Anomalies Research Center; Neurosurgery; Otolaryngology
- Record Identifier
- 9984070726802771
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