title: Communications problems of the elderly: a survey.
abstract: A survey of communications problems among elderly persons was conducted to determine the perceived incidence, the number of agencies that provide various services, provision/nonprovision of speech and hearing services, and need for in-service training in the area of communications disorders. Results indicate that older persons with communications disorders are underestimated and underserved. A majority of the additional in-service training in the areas of communications and communications disorders.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001131:Arkansas; D003147:Communication Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003625:Data Collection; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006801:Humans