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DTSTART:20180117T130000Z
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SUMMARY:Impact\, Identification and management of hearing loss in people 
 with dementia
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DESCRIPTION:\n•Seminar 2pm - 4 pm\, free networking lunch from 1pm\n\n\n•
 Martin Harris Centre: G16 registration and lunch and John Casken Theatre
  for seminar presentations.\n\n\nSpeakers:\n\nDr Piers Dawes - Overview 
 and interventions for hearing loss in People with Dementia\n\nDr Jenna L
 ittlejohn - Assessment of hearing loss as part of dementia diagnosis\n\n
 Dr Rebecca Millman - Management of Hearing Loss in People with Dementia.
 \n\nBoth hearing impairment and dementia are increasingly common among o
 lder people. A previous survey in Manchester found that up to 90% of peo
 ple with dementia living at home have a significant hearing impairment. 
 The survey reported that in most people\, hearing impairment had not bee
 n previously diagnosed or treated.\n\n Hearing impairment is a particula
 r problem for people with dementia because firstly\, it may be difficult
  to tell how much someone's difficulties are due to hearing problems and
  how much is due to a memory problem. Also\, the tests used by doctors t
 o diagnose memory problems and dementia are affected by hearing\, so tha
 t someone might do poorly on a dementia test because they have hearing p
 roblems rather than a memory problem. Some people may end up with an inc
 orrect diagnosis of 'dementia'\, or doctors may decide that the severity
  of dementia is worse than it actually is because someone's difficulties
  may be at least partly due to hearing problems rather than dementia. He
 aring impairment may result in people not getting the most appropriate t
 reatment or support. \n\nSecondly\, hearing impairment impacts on commun
 ication and quality of life\, and may interact with dementia to make som
 eone's difficulties in daily life worse. Hearing impairment may contribu
 te to social isolation and withdrawal from mentally stimulating activiti
 es\, and social isolation and withdrawal may promote progression of deme
 ntia. Identifying and managing hearing problems is very important for im
 proving communication and quality of life for people living with dementi
 a.\n\nIn this MICRA seminar\, we will talk about work from the SENSE-cog
  project (http://www.sense-cog.eu/) and other on-going projects looking 
 at the impact of hearing impairment on people living with dementia\, how
  doctors should assess people for dementia when people have a hearing pr
 oblem and how to reduce the impact of hearing impairment for people livi
 ng with dementia. \n\n
STATUS:TENTATIVE
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:G16\, Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama\, Manchester
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