| Budget Amount *help |
¥4,150,310 (Direct Cost: ¥3,654,085、Indirect Cost: ¥496,225)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2008: ¥850,310 (Direct Cost: ¥654,085、Indirect Cost: ¥196,225)
Fiscal Year 2007: ¥2,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000)
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| Research Abstract |
I investigated the relation between the use of hearing aids at the initial stages of hearing loss and age-related changes in the auditory and cognitive abilities of elderly persons. According to subject's hearing level, they were divided into 3 subgroups-the normal hearing group, the hearing loss without hearing aids group, and the hearing loss with hearing aids group. Comparison between the 3 groups revealed that the hearing loss without hearing aids group showed the lowest scores for the performance tasks. This result indicates that prescription of a hearing aid during the early stages of hearing loss is related to the retention of cognitive abilities in elderly people.
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