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Cognitive and acoustically uncontrolled auditory training for elderly: a case study

ABSTRACT

The objective of the work was create an auditory and cognitive training protocol for the elderly and to analyze its effectiveness. This study was carried out in three stages: (1) Selection of materials, composed of existing materials and others made by the authors, (2) Analysis of expert judges, for consensus regarding the assessed skills and type of training, and (3) Application of the protocol in a clinical case, with a battery of tests for pre-and post-intervention, composed of cognitive and auditory assessment (behavioral and electrophysiological). It was possible to structure the protocol according to the suggestions of the expert judges, which generated a new proposal for auditory and cognitive training with 39 tasks arranged in six sessions. With the application of the protocol in the clinical case, it was possible to observe positive changes in both trained aspects. The new therapeutic proposal has been completed and applied. The clinical case has shown improvement after the intervention, and the effectiveness was verified through behavioral tests of central auditory processing, cognitive screening, and long-latent auditory evoked potential.

Keywords:
Elderly; Rehabilitation; Cognition; Speech perception; Neuronal plasticity

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