Presbycusis and Conversation: Elderly Interactants Adjusting to Multiple Hearing Losses.

Villaume, William A.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ549233

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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Presbycusis and Conversation: Elderly Interactants Adjusting to Multiple Hearing Losses.

Villaume, William A.; And Others

Research on Language and Social Interaction, v30 n3 p235-62 1997

Discusses the hypothesis predicting that losses in a speaker's content and relational listening abilities associated with presbycusis will have significant actor effects on a speaker's own conversational behavior such that he will exhibit decreased aligning actions, decreased relational dynamism, and decreased verbal immediacy. (24 references) (CK)

Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Audiotape Recordings, Hearing Impairments, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Communication, Listening Comprehension, Older Adults, Speech Communication, Videotape Recordings

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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