Uma revisão de literatura dos estudos brasileiros sobre a correlação entre a presbiacusia e o declínio cognitivo em idosos

Abstract

Purpose: This study had the aim to perform a review of the national literature correlating the presbycusis to the cognitive decline in the elderly population. Research strategy: There were selected articles in the Portuguese language, which were published between the years of 2008 and 2018, in the SciELO and Portal CAPES databases, using all possible combinations of the selected descriptors. Selection criteria: The articles were selected in two stages. In the first stage, using the databases, the inclusion of the articles was based on the information contained in the title and abstract. The second stage consisted of a complete reading of the articles that met the inclusion criteria. Results: 91 articles in total have been found and after being analyzed 06 of them have been selected to compose the study, of which 04 of them positively correlate the changes and 02 of them have not come to the same conclusion. Conclusion: It was possible to verify that 04 studies positively correlate hearing loss with cognitive decline. However, the 02 studies that go against this positive correlation evidenced hearing loss with other changes.Three articles showed the importance of adapting hearing individual hearing aid in improving the auditory and cognitive system.