Correlation of Presbycusis with Demensia Based on Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly- Screening and the Mini Mental State Examination

Abstract

Background: Presbikusis or commonly called sensory deafness in the elderly is a hearing loss due to the
degeneration process of the hearing organ. Decreased hearing ability is often associated with a decrease
in cognitive abilities in elderly people with dementia. Dementia is a syndrome that is generally chronic or
progressive which also occur due to aging process. This study aims to determine the correlation associated
with presbycusis with dementia.
Method: This type of research was observational analytic using a cross sectional research design type with
total 28 patients with mean age of 71 ± 8.2; 95% CI: 67.8-74.3 on ENT Department, Dr. Soetomo General
Hospital, Surabaya. Retrieval of data using the HHIE-S questionnaire to determine whether the elderly have
a handicap or not and to test dementia using MMSE to determine whether or not there is dementia in these
patients is then carried out an audiometry test to see the presbycusis degree of the patient. Then the data is
analyzed with SPSS software to know the correlation between presbycusis and dementia.
Results: 28 patients on ENT Department was measured to know the dementia with MMSE and presbycusis
with HHIE-S questionnaire. The chi-square test results obtained a significance value of 0.003 (p <0.01)
between the correlation of presbycusis and dementia. This shows that by using the error rate of 1%, HHIE-S
affects the MMSE.
Conclusion: Patients who experience presbycusis have a risk of dementia 13,00 times compared to patients
who do not experience presbycusis due to the HHI-ES questionnaire and MMSE