Gerontology & Geriatric Research

Deepika Sharma

Publications

• Research Article
  The Effect of Captioning in Understanding Televised Speech in Geriatric Hearing Aid Users
  Author(s): Deepika Sharma* and Rangasayee Raghunath Rao Deepika Sharma* and Rangasayee Raghunath Rao
  
  The present study aims to evaluate combined use of captioning and hearing aids and captions in hearing aid users. 60 subjects participated in the study. They were divided into two groups of Group A (Young adults) of 20-45 y and Group-B (Older adults) of 50-85 years. Two types of stimuli were created. Sentence stimuli (S1) and Context Stimulus (S2). S1 consisted of sentences with and without captions each with two score able words. S2 consisted of four video-clips for two minutes duration each, with and without captions. The participants were shown the stimulus in four viewing conditions 1) Baseline 2) With hearing aids 3) With captions and no hearing aids 4) with captions and hearing aids. They were required to answer 10 comprehension questions after each presentation. The results showed significant improvement in scores during combined use of captioning and hearing aids with scores o.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-7182.1000459

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