IMPACT OF COCHLEAR IMPLANTATION ON COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS OF OLDER ADULTS: PILOT TEST RESULTS

Dona M P Jayakody¹, Peter L Friedland, Esmeralda Nel+3

• ¹Ear Science Institute Australia, Subiaco, WA, Australia Ear Sciences Centre, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia Ear Science Institute Australia, Subiaco, WA, Australia Ear Sciences Centre, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia Department of Otolaryngology Head Neck Skull Base Surgery, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, WA, Australia School of Medicine, Notre Dame University, Fremantle, WA, Australia Department of Biomedical Sciences, Murdoch University, Murdoch, WA, Australia School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia Cooperative Research Centre for Mental Health, Carlton, VIC, Australia Ear Science Institute Australia, Subiaco, WA, Australia Ear Sciences Centre, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA, Australia Department of Otolaryngology Head Neck Skull Base Surgery, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, WA, Australia School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, WA, Australia Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia.