The present study investigated the relationship between central auditory processing skills and satisfaction with hearing aids in a hearing-impaired geriatric sample of 58 adult wearers of hearing aids who were between the ages of 65 and 91 years. Analysis suggests the importance of adding central auditory tasks such as compressed speech or dichotic listening tasks to the evaluation of candidacy for hearing aids. This could lead to the better understanding of satisfaction with amplification by the geriatric population.
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