Older adults

Katharina Gensch discusses interviews with older adults attending English classes in Berlin. Participants respond differently to the spread of English, from welcoming international urban life to experiencing exclusion or ageism. The study examines language learning as a strategy for participating in changing neighbourhoods and the communicative demands of multilingual cities.

Older adults with hearing impairment have a higher risk for accelerated cognitive decline compared to normal-hearing individuals. The aim of this study was to evaluate the long-term effect of cochlear implantation on cognition and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQoL) in older adults with severe-to-profound hearing loss. All included subjects were 55 years or older with postlingual, bilateral, severe-to-profound hearing loss, and received a unilateral cochlear implant (CI). Cognition was evaluated using the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status for Hearing Impaire

Older adults show deficits in tasks of set-shifting. Yet, many underlying cognitive functions are required during such tasks and it is currently unknown which of these mechanisms may be deficient in older age. Here, we investigated this question in a preliminary dataset of 45 young participants (age: 25.2 ± 4.3) and 26 older participants (age: 68.1 ± 5.0) in an EEG-compatible set-shifting paradigm. We were particularly interested in two posterior components: 1) The P300 is a positive component that appears approximately 300 ms to 500 ms after the cue and has a lower amplitude during set-shifti

…threshold in healthy young and older adults. Fifty-eight healthy subjects (30 young adults aged 24.4 ± 4.6 years and 28 older adults aged 70.9 ± 6.2 years) performed an audiometry test to determine their hearing threshold. Then, 1000 Hz pure tones were played randomly in their left or right ear at th

…influence music perception in older adults. However, most of the studies surveyed measured neither their participants’ hearing threshold nor their musical experience. The goal of this project was to investigate the impact of musical experience, hearing loss and age and the interaction between these variables on music perception. 54 older adults aged 60 to

…and cognitive performance in older adults has been explored, the neural mechanisms underlying this relationship remain elusive. Processing speed is vital for daily functioning and independence among older adults Specifically, how resilience impacts intrinsic FC within brain networks and individuals' processing speed has yet to be thoroughly addressed. To uncover this question, we recruited 102 healthy ageing individuals aged 60-79 to complete a rest

…were asked about their contact with older adults and their religiosity. Our findings revealed a