BACKGROUND Five to 25 percent of residents in aged care settings have a combined hearing and visual sensory impairment. Usual care is generally restricted to single sensory impairment, neglecting the consequences of dual sensory impairment on social participation and autonomy. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a self-management program for seniors who acquired dual senso...

UNLABELLED Falling has been identified as a major complication in persons who have had a stroke. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of accumulated impairments on the risk of falling in community-dwelling stroke survivors. METHODS Community-dwelling stroke survivors were identified from the Kansas City Stroke Study, a large cohort study of stroke survivors. We evaluated th...

OBJECTIVE To determine the effects of topical application of capsaicin on cutaneous autonomic nerves. METHODS Thirty-two healthy subjects underwent occlusive application of 0.1% capsaicin cream (or placebo) for 48 hours. Subjects were followed for 6 months with serial assessments of sudomotor, vasomotor, pilomotor, and sensory function with simultaneous assessment of innervation through skin ...

It is unclear what the contribution of prenatal versus childhood development is for adult cognitive and sensory function and age-related decline in function. We examined hearing, vision and cognitive function in adulthood according to self-reported birth weight (an index of prenatal development) and adult height (an index of early childhood development). Subsets (N = 37,505 to 433,390) of the U...

The DBA/2J mouse is a model of pigmentary glaucoma in humans as it shows age-related increases in intraocular pressure (IOP), retinal ganglion cell death and visual impairment. Previously, we showed that visual ability declines from 9 to 12 months of age and visual impairment is correlated with poor learning and memory performance in visuo-spatial tasks but not in tasks that do not depend on vi...

Aims and Objective: Present descriptive study was carried out for the assessment of hearing capability in patients suffering from leprosy. Material and Methods: After obtaining approval from Institutional ethical committee the present descriptive study was carried out on 60 subjects. All the patients were admitted at the Leprosy Rehabilitation Center Maharogi Sewa Samiti Anandvan Warora, and we...

OBJECTIVES The objective of the current study was to understand the added effects of having a sensory impairment (vision and/or hearing impairment) in combination with cognitive impairment with respect to health-related outcomes among older adults (65+ years old) receiving home care or residing in a long-term care (LTC) facility in Ontario, Canada. METHODS Cross-sectional analyses were conduc...

Cerebral visual impairment (CVI) is the most common cause of in children United Kingdom. The mainstay management providing strategies and environment adaptations to allow child use their vision for learning independence. It therefore important understand educational access policies facilitate timely appropriate referral qualified teachers learners with (QTVI) by ophthalmologists. QTVIs were rec...