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Hearing loss is a major public health issue affecting about 9 million people in England. Because age-related hearing loss is the single biggest cause of hearing loss, it is estimated that by 2035 there will be around 13 million people with hearing loss in England - a fifth of the population. Hearing loss ranks second in terms of prevalence of impairment globally and is third for disease burden in England (years lived with disability). This guideline explores the most urgent questions about referral, assessment and management of hearing loss in adults in order to offer best practice advice. It cannot address the whole topic. One of the issues the guideline committee has encountered when preparing this guideline is that the quality of evidence on which to base recommendations is not high in many areas. There is scope for more robust research in all areas. This guideline seeks to inform people with hearing difficulties, their families and carers, all healthcare professionals dealing with adults, social care professionals and commissioners of health and social care services about best practice in assessing and managing hearing loss. It is important that audiological care is patient-centred and that people should have the opportunity to make informed decisions about their care and treatment in partnership with their healthcare professionals and this is reflected in the guideline.

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Gegründet wird der Schweizerische Gehörlosenbund SGB 1946 als Mitglied des Schweizerischen Verbandes für Taubstummenhilfe. Hier bestimmen ausschliesslich hörende Fachleute über das Schicksal von gehörlosen und hörbehinderten Menschen. Dies ändert sich zum ersten Mal 1969, als zwei Gehörlose in den Vorstand des Verbands für Taubstummenhilfe gewählt werden: Felix Urech und Margrit Tanner. Der Befreiungsschlag der Gehörlosen aus der Bevormundung kommt schliesslich aus Amerika. Ende der 1970er-Jahre entsteht dort die "Deaf Power"-Bewegung, welche in den 1980er-Jahren die Schweiz erreicht. Die Aufbruchstimmung ist geprägt vom Schlachtruf: "Gehörlose können alles, ausser hören!" 1987 wird der Schweizerische Gehörlosenbund regionalisiert, die Deutschschweizer Sektion SGB-DS und die Westschweizer Sektion FSS-RR entstehen. Im Jahr 1999 scheitert in der Deutschschweiz das Projekt "Gehörlosenwesen 2000", das die Hörbehinderten-Organisationen vereinen wollte. Der SGB-DS tritt daraufhin aus dem Schweizerischen Verband für das Gehörlosenwesen aus und gründet zusammen mit dem FSS-RR einen eigenständigen Dachverband der Selbsthilfe. Ein Jahr später kommt die Tessiner Sektion FSS-RI dazu. Diese drei regionalen Verbände werden 2006 zusammengeführt zum nationalen Dachverband Schweizerischer Gehörlosenbund SGB-FSS. Etappenweise werden die Verbandsstrukturen bis 2015 reorganisiert und dem nationalen Charakter angepasst.

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Deafness --- Deafness. --- Surdite

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This thesis explores the differences in phonological processing between deaf signers and hearing non-signers, specifically in the context of arithmetic and memory tasks involving digits. It investigates whether language modality-specific differences can explain why deaf signers often underperform compared to hearing peers in these areas. Using behavioral and neuroimaging methods, the study examines short-term memory (STM) and working memory (WM) in both groups. Findings suggest that while phonological similarity affects deaf signers' STM, there is no significant difference in WM performance. The research highlights differing neural networks utilized by each group, with deaf signers relying more on non-verbal magnitude manipulation processes. The work aims to better understand the cognitive challenges faced by deaf individuals and could be beneficial for educators and clinicians working with deaf populations.

Deafness. --- Sign language. --- Deafness --- Sign language

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"Being able to communicate is a cornerstone of healthy aging. People need to make themselves understood and to understand others to remain cognitively and socially engaged with families, friends, and other individuals. When they are unable to communicate, people with hearing impairments can become socially isolated, and social isolation can be an important driver of morbidity and mortality in older adults. Despite the critical importance of communication, many older adults have hearing loss that interferes with their social interactions and enjoyment of life. People may turn up the volume on their televisions or stereos, miss words in a conversation, go to fewer public places where it is difficult to hear, or worry about missing an alarm or notification. In other cases, hearing loss is much more severe, and people may retreat into a hard-to-reach shell. Yet fewer than one in seven older Americans with hearing loss use hearing aids, despite rapidly advancing technologies and innovative approaches to hearing health care. In addition, there may not be an adequate number of professionals trained to address the growing need for hearing health care for older adults. Further, Medicare does not cover routine hearing exams, hearing aids, or exams for fitting hearing aids, which can be prohibitively expensive for many older adults. Hearing Loss and Healthy Aging is the summary of a workshop convened by the Forum on Aging, Disability, and Independence in January 2014 on age-related hearing loss. Researchers, advocates, policy makers, entrepreneurs, regulators, and others discussed this pressing social and public health issue. This report examines the ways in which age-related hearing loss affects healthy aging, and how the spectrum of public and private stakeholders can work together to address hearing loss in older adults as a public health issue."--

Deafness --- Aging --- United States.