ASSESSMENT OF HEARING IN THE ELDERLY: AGING AND DEGENERATION - INTEGRATION THROUGH IMMEDIATE INTERVENTION

Project Information

AHEAD III

Grant agreement ID: 200835

Project closed

Start date 1 May 2008

End date 31 October 2011

Funded under

• Specific Programme "Cooperation": Health

Total cost € 1 392 131,92

EU contribution € 1 088 190,00

Coordinated by

CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
Italy

Objective

Hearing loss is one of the most common chronic health conditions in the elderly population with important implications for patient quality of life. The diminished ability to hear and to communicate is frustrating in and of itself, but the strong association of hearing loss with depression and functional decline adds further to the burden on individuals who are hearing impaired. Hearing loss can limit communications skills: not to hear means not to understand what is being said. Hence deafness does not produce compassion but do often produce a sense of irritation. Despite the prevalence and burden of hearing loss, hearing impairment is largely underdiagnosed in older persons and undertreated. The reason for this is that one of the most conspicuous signs of a hearing loss is that it cannot be seen! Actually, this is the reason why deafness does not receive the necessary attention. Too often, the public and still too many health care professionals underestimate the dramatic effects of deafness. Novel strategies should be explored to make screening and early intervention a feasible part of routine care. Project AHEAD III has been specifically designed to: - Provide evidence of the effects of hearing impairment in adults and particularly in the elderly - Analyse costs associated with the implementation of integrated large scale programmes of hearing screening and intervention in the elderly - Provide quality standards and minimum requirements for screening methods and related diagnostic techniques - Develop guidelines and recommendations on how to implement successful screening programmes to be tuned to the local, social, and economical conditions of a country.

Keywords

• aging
• audiologic
• audiological equipment
• hearing
• screening technologies

Programme(s)

• FP7-HEALTH - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Health

Topic(s)

• HEALTH-2007-2.4.5-7 - Hearing impairment and degeneration

Call for proposal

FP7-HEALTH-2007-A
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Funding Scheme

CSA-CA - Coordination (or networking) actions

Coordinator

CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE

• EU contribution: € 538 226,87
• Address: PIAZZALE ALDO MORO 7 ; 00185 Roma ; Italy
• Region: Centro (IT) › Lazio › Roma
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Ferdinando Grandori (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

Participants (18)

MEDIZINISCHE UNIVERSITAET WIEN

Austria

• EU contribution: € 25 717,45
• Address: SPITALGASSE 23 ; 1090 Wien
• Region: Ostösterreich › Wien › Wien
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Wolf-Dieter Baumgartner (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

CH. & M. CYPRUS AUDIOLOGY CENTER -INTERACOUSTICS LIMITED

Cyprus

• EU contribution: € 52 738,10
• Address: DAMASKINOU AND KALLIPOLEOS 1 ; 1663 LEFKOSIA
• Activity type: Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments)
• Administrative Contact: Chryssoula Thodi (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

VEREIN FUER BERUFSGENOSSENSCHAFTLICHE HEILBEHANDLUNG BERLIN EV

Germany

• EU contribution: € 75 328,00
• Address: WARENER STRASSE 7 ; 12683 BERLIN
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Arne Ernst (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

KLINIKUM RECHTS DER ISAR DER TECHNISCHEN UNIVERSITAT MUNCHEN

Germany

• EU contribution: € 80 281,53
• Address: ISMANINGER STRASSE 22 ; 81675 Muenchen
• Region: Bayern › Oberbayern › München, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Thomas Janssen (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

VERENIGING VOOR CHRISTELIJK HOGER ONDERWIJS WETENSCHAPPELIJK ONDERZOEK EN PATIENTENZORG

Netherlands

• EU contribution: € 97 905,00
• Address: De Boelelaan 1105 ; 1081 HV Amsterdam
• Region: West-Nederland › Noord-Holland › Groot-Amsterdam
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: J.M. Festen (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSYTET MEDYCZNY W LODZI.

Poland

• EU contribution: € 40 125,00
• Address: Al. Kosciuszki, 4 ; 90419 Lodz
• Region: Makroregion centralny › Łódzkie › Łódzki
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Mariola Sliwinska-Kowalska (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

Linköping University

Sweden

• EU contribution: € 43 458,55
• Address: CAMPUS VALLA ; 581 83 Linköping
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Claes Reuterswärd (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

University of Zurich

Switzerland

• EU contribution: € 54 409,50
• Address: RAMISTRASSE 71 ; 8006 ZURICH
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Rudolf Probst (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

Participation ended

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 48 237,33
• Address: OXFORD ROAD ; M13 9PL Manchester
• Region: North West (England) › Greater Manchester › Manchester
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Liz Fay (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN

Belgium

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: PRINSSTRAAT 13 ; 2000 Antwerpen
• Region: Vlaams Gewest › Prov. Antwerpen › Arr. Antwerpen
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Anne Adams (Ms.)
• Total cost: No data

CHU HOPITAUX DE BORDEAUX

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: RUE DUBERNAT 12 ; 33404 Talence
• Region: Nouvelle-Aquitaine › Aquitaine › Gironde
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Alain Heriaud (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data

KLINIKUM DER UNIVERSITAET ZU KOELN

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Kerpener Strasse 62 ; 50937 Koeln
• Region: Nordrhein-Westfalen › Köln › Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Jutta Landvogt
• Total cost: No data

PECSI TUDOMANYEGYETEM - UNIVERSITY OF PECS

Hungary

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: VASVARI PAL UTCA 4 ; 7622 Pecs
• Region: Dunántúl › Dél-Dunántúl › Baranya
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: József Pytel (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

ERASMUS UNIVERSITAIR MEDISCH CENTRUM ROTTERDAM

Participation ended

Netherlands

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: DR MOLEWATERPLEIN 40 ; 3015 GD Rotterdam
• Region: West-Nederland › Zuid-Holland › Groot-Rijnmond
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Ben Kuiperbak
• Total cost: No data

INSTYTUT FIZIOLOGII I PATOLOGII SLUCHU

Poland

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: UL. ZGRUPOWANIA AK KAMPINOS 1 ; 01943 WARSAW
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Henryk Skarzynski (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

AGENCIA VALENCIANA DE SALUD

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: CALLE MICER MASCO 31 ; 46010 VALENCIA
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Manuel Montanchez (Dr.)
• Total cost: No data

OREBRO UNIVERSITY

Sweden

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: FAKULTETSGATAN 1 ; 70182 Orebro
• Region: Östra Sverige › Östra Mellansverige › Örebro län
• Activity type: Higher or Secondary Education Establishments
• Administrative Contact: Claes Möller (Prof.)
• Total cost: No data

ROYAL FREE LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: € 31 762,67
• Address: POND STREET HAMPSTEAD ; NW3 2QG London
• Region: London › Inner London — West › Camden and City of London
• Activity type: Research Organisations
• Administrative Contact: Geoffrey Pine (Mr.)
• Total cost: No data