title: Evaluation of participation restriction and cognitive processes in the elderly before and after the audiologic rehabilitation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the restriction of participation in activities of daily living and cognitive processes in older adults, according to gender and age, before and after rehabilitation.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study included 50 individuals, 23 females and 27 males. The elderly were divided into two groups: Group 1 to 24 individuals aged between 60 and 74 years (11 females and 13 males), Group 2 - 26 elderly aged above 75 years (12 of female and 14 male). The elderly were evaluated before one year after the adaptation of hearing aids through the HHIE test and MMSE. Bimonthly follow-ups were conducted a total of seven meetings, to ensure the effective use of the prosthesis. As for the statistical analysis were performed descriptive and statistical analysis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was a reduction of the restriction of participation in social and emotional scales HHIE post-intervention in both groups, individuals of both genders. The MMSE test results were better in the post-intervention, regardless of gender and age of the participant.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is little perception of the restrictions on participation in activities of daily living after rehabilitation. Moreover, the elderly of different ages and both genders decreased cognitive constraints refer after hearing aid fitting.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Magalhães
authors.forename: Maria Cecilia Martinelli
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Iório
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D003071:Cognition; D012048:Correction of Hearing Impairment / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006310:Hearing Aids / Q000523:psychology; D006311:Hearing Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012934:Social Isolation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires