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Auditory and Cognitive Training for Cognition in Adults With Hearing Loss: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Auditory-cognitive Training Paradigm (NIH P01 Project - Speech Perception With High Cognitive Demand)
PLUS-Optimal for Adults With Listening Difficulties: Investigating the Roles of Listening and Thinking Skills in Online Training Across Different Groups
Who cites it
40 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Effects of Auditory Training on Cognition in Hearing Loss: A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses.Journal of the American Academy of Audiology · 2025Pooled it
- Web-Based Gamified Auditory-Cognitive Dual-Task Training for Older Adults With Age-Related Hearing Loss: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR aging · 2026Trial
- Efficacy of a structured auditory training module in older individuals with hearing loss: a randomized controlled trial.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2026Trial
- Hearing Rehabilitation With a Chat-Based Mobile Auditory Training Program in Experienced Hearing Aid Users: Prospective Randomized Controlled Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2024Trial
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- Personalized and gamified auditory-cognitive training improves naturalistic speech-in-noise comprehension in older adults with hearing loss.NPJ science of learning · 2025Article
- Co-Designing a Web-Based, Gamified, Auditory-Cognitive Dual-Task Training System for Older Adults with Hearing Loss.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Increased Listening Effort: Is Hearing Training a Solution?-Results of a Pilot Study on Individualized Computer-Based Auditory Training in Subjects Not (Yet) Fitted with Hearing Aids.Audiology research · 2025Article
- Neural and Behavioral Changes in Older Adults from Auditory-Cognitive Training.Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society. Annual International Conference · 2025Article
- Health education interventions for individuals with visual or hearing impairment: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2025Article
- The Impacts of Two Adaptive Auditory-Cognitive Training Paradigms on Listening to Competing Talkers.Seminars in hearing · 2025Review
- Auditory Training for Everyday Functioning in Later Life.Seminars in hearing · 2025Review
- Translating Auditory Training Evidence into Practice: Are We Nearly There Yet?Seminars in hearing · 2025Article
- Neural and Behavioral Changes in Older Adults from Auditory-Cognitive Training.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025Article
- Immersive auditory-cognitive training improves speech-in-noise perception in older adults with varying hearing and working memory.NPJ science of learning · 2025Article
- Intrinsic capacity and health-promoting lifestyle in older adults: a latent class analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- The effect of hearing ability on dual-task performance following multi-domain training in older adults with mild cognitive impairment: findings from the SYNERGIC trial.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Article
- Neural Delays in Processing Speech in Background Noise Minimized after Short-Term Auditory Training.Biology · 2024Article
- Influence of BPPV and Meniere's Disease on Cognitive Abilities: A Questionnaire-Based Study.Journal of otology · 2024Article
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Abstract
This systematic review and meta-analysis examined the efficacy of auditory training and cognitive training to improve cognitive function in adults with hearing loss. A literature search of academic databases (e.g., MEDLINE, Scopus) and gray literature (e.g., OpenGrey) identified relevant articles published up to January 25, 2018. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) or repeated measures designs were included. Outcome effects were computed as Hedge's g and pooled using random-effects meta-analysis (PROSPERO: CRD42017076680). Nine studies, five auditory training, and four cognitive training met the inclusion criteria. Following auditory training, the pooled effect was small and statistically significant for both working memory ( g = 0.21; 95% CI [0.05, 0.36]) and overall cognition ( g = 0.19; 95% CI [0.07, 0.31]). Following cognitive training, the pooled effect for working memory was small and statistically significant ( g = 0.34; 95% CI [0.16, 0.53]), and the pooled effect for overall cognition was large and significant ( g = 1.03; 95% CI [0.41, 1.66]). However, this was dependent on the classification of training approach. Sensitivity analyses revealed no statistical difference between the effectiveness of auditory and cognitive training for improving cognition upon removal of a study that used a combined auditory-cognitive approach, which showed a very large effect. Overall certainty in the estimation of effect was "low" for auditory training and "very low" for cognitive training. High-quality RCTs are needed to determine which training stimuli will provide optimal conditions to improve cognition in adults with hearing loss.
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