HEARING AND BALANCE FACULTIES AND SAFETY OF OLDER PERSONS IN ROAD TRAFFIC

HOER- UND GLEICHGEWICHTSLEISTUNG UND VERKEHRSSICHERHEIT

IT IS MAINLY OLDER PERSONS WHO SUFFER FROM IMPAIRED HEARING WHICH CONSTITUTES A DANGER AS FAR AS THEIR PARTICIPATION IN TRAFFIC IS CONCERNED. IF THIS DEAFNESS OCCURS GRADUALLY THE DANGER IS NOT SO GREAT, BECAUSE THE VICTIM BECOMES ACCUSTOMED TO IT; IF IT OCCURS SUDDENLY, HOWEVER, THE VICTIM SHOULD IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY BE ADVISED AGAINST TRAFFIC PARTICIPATION UNTIL ADJUSTMENT OR RECOVERY HAS TAKEN PLACE. CONCERNING THE TOPIC OF BALANCE AND TRAFFIC SAFETY, IT CAN BE SAID THAT DRIVERS WHO SUFFER FROM IMPAIRED BALANCE IN GENERAL FIND THE TIME FOR ADJUSTMENT, THEY SHOULD HOWEVER BE ADVISED BY THEIR DOCTORS THAT THERE IS INCREASED DANGER WHEN THEY DRIVE MOTOR VEHICLES. BOTH IMPAIRMENTS, DEAFNESS AND DISTURBANCE OF BALANCE, CONSTITUTE GREATER DANGERS FOR OLDER PEOPLE IN TRAFFIC THAN FOR YOUNGER PERSONS, BECAUSE THEY HAVE REDUCED ADAPTIVE CAPABILITIES. THIS PAPER WAS PRESENTED AT THE 38TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE GERMAN SOCIETY FOR ACCIDENT MEDICAL SCIENCE, INSURANCE, SOCIAL CARE AND TRAFFIC MEDICINE, 21-23 NOVEMBER 74 IN BERLIN.

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  • Accession Number: 01292615
  • Record Type: Publication
  • Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
  • ISBN: 3-540-07467-8
  • Files: ITRD
  • Created Date: Nov 21 2010 3:34AM