title: Hearing prostheses and communication aids for the elderly.
abstract: A wide variety of prosthetic devices and communication aids--including hearing aids, telephone and television amplifying systems, and signal devices to convert audio signals to visual signals--are currently available to help the hearing-impaired elderly. However, successful application of these aids in the elderly depends on motivation, type of hearing loss, and third-party-payer policies.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000669:Amplifiers, Electronic; D003143:Communication Devices for People with Disabilities; D003638:Deafness / Q000628:therapy*; D006310:Hearing Aids / Q000145:classification*; D006801:Humans; D012656:Self-Help Devices; D013689:Telephone; D013690:Television