Older Adults Use Brain Regions Involved in Speaking to Compensate for Bad Hearing

Hearing loss is one of the most common chronic health conditions in older adults that affects 90% of seniors who are 80 years and older.A loss of hearing greatly affects their ability to socialize and their quality of life,and even those with clinically normal hearing often experience different levels of difficulties in understanding conversations in a noisy environment。

Hearing loss is one of the most common chronic health conditions in older adults that affects .90% of seniors who are 80 years and older. A loss of hearing greatly affects their ability to socialize and their quality of life, and even those with clinically normal hearing often experience different levels of difficulties in understanding conversations in a noisy environment, such as restaurants. However, how older brains process speech sounds under the challenges of impoverished hearing and declined auditory processing ability remains unclear.