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Neuro-Audiology (NA)

FS101 - The Rewiring Brain in Hearing Loss

Wednesday, April 17, 2024
12:45 PM – 2:15 PM EST
Location: A411-412
Earn 0.15 CEUs
Tier 1
Instructional Level: Advanced

    Lead Presenter(s)

  • AS

    Anu Sharma, PhD

    Professor
    University of Colorado Boulder
    University of Colorado, Boulder

    Disclosure(s): National Institutes of Health, Hearing Industry Research Consortium, AB NExus, Demant Foundation, Oticon, Sonova: Employment (Ongoing), Grant/Research Support (Ongoing), Other Research Support (Ongoing), Research Grant (includes principal investigator, collaborator or consultant and pending grants as well as grants already received) (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (Ongoing), Speaker/Honoraria (includes speakers bureau, symposia, and expert witness) (Ongoing)

Abstract:

A better understanding of changes in the brain accompanying hearing loss will allow us to improve intervention and rehabilitation in patients with hearing loss. Hearing loss in children and adults results in significant changes in cortical neuroplasticity, reflecting patterns of cross-modal compensation from vision and somatosensation, increased listening effort, and cognitive deficits. Timely and appropriate treatment with amplification and electric stimulation may reverse cross-modal plasticity, coinciding with gains in cognitive performance and speech perception. Changes in neuroplasticity after treatment with prescription hearing aids, over-the-counter hearing aids, and cochlear implants will be discussed.

Learning Objectives:

  • Participants will be able to describe changes in cortical reorganization and cortical resource allocation in persons with hearing loss.
  • Participants will be able to describe the clinical applications of cortical neuroplasticity in patients with hearing loss who receive intervention via hearing aids and cochlear implants
  • Participants will demonstrate understanding of the theoretical and practical issues relating to neurocognitive benefits of early treatment of hearing loss.