ArticleLaryngoscope investigative otolaryngology2018
Cognitive Functions in Adult Cochlear Implant Users, Cochlear Implant Candidates, and Normal-Hearing Listeners.
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- Brain Morphological Modifications in Congenital and Acquired Auditory Deprivation: A Systematic Review and Coordinate-Based Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Pooled it
- Neuropsychological Assessments to Explore the Cognitive Impact of Cochlear Implants: A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Auditory decision-making deficits after permanent noise-induced hearing loss.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Cognitive Functions and Subjective Hearing in Cochlear Implant Users.Journal of audiology & otology · 2024Article
- Hearing loss and psychosocial outcomes: Influences of social emotional aspects and personality.PloS one · 2024Article
- Neuropsychological Functions and Audiological Findings in Elderly Cochlear Implant Users: The Role of Attention in Postoperative Performance.Audiology research · 2023Article
- Hearing loss and its link to cognitive impairment and dementia.Frontiers in dementia · 2023Review
- Exceptional Speech Recognition Outcomes After Cochlear Implantation: Lessons From Two Case Studies.American journal of audiology · 2022Article
- Evaluating the Impact of Cochlear Implantation on Cognitive Function in Older Adults.The Laryngoscope · 2022Article
- Forward Digit Span and Word Familiarity Do Not Correlate With Differences in Speech Recognition in Individuals With Cochlear Implants After Accounting for Auditory Resolution.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2021Article
- Neural correlates of visual stimulus encoding and verbal working memory differ between cochlear implant users and normal-hearing controls.The European journal of neuroscience · 2021Article
- Can a Self-report Measure Be Used to Assess Cognitive Skills in Adults With Hearing Loss?Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology · 2021Article
- Cochlear implant in prelingually hearing-impaired adults: prognostic factors and results.Acta otorhinolaryngologica Italica : organo ufficiale della Societa italiana di otorinolaringologia e chirurgia cervico-facciale · 2021Article
- Role of semantic context and talker variability in speech perception of cochlear-implant users and normal-hearing listeners.The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2021Article
- Examining Delayed Recall in Cochlear Implant Users Using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, California Verbal Learning Test, Third Edition, and Item Specific Deficit Approach: Preliminary Results.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- The Relationship Between Hearing Loss and Cognitive Impairment in a Chinese Elderly Population: The Baseline Analysis.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Article
- High- and Low-Performing Adult Cochlear Implant Users on High-Variability Sentence Recognition: Differences in Auditory Spectral Resolution and Neurocognitive Functioning.Journal of the American Academy of Audiology · 2020Article
- Making the Case for Research on Disease-Modifying Treatments to Tackle Post-lingual Progressive Sensorineural Hearing Loss.Frontiers in neurology · 2020Article
- Multidimensional Timbre Spaces of Cochlear Implant Vocoded and Non-vocoded Synthetic Female Singing Voices.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesIncreasing evidence suggests that hearing loss may be linked to cognitive decline, and that cochlear implantation may lead to improvements in cognition. The goal of this study was to examine the effects of severe-to-profound hearing loss and cochlear implantation in post-lingually deafened adults, compared with age-matched normal-hearing (NH) peers. Participants were tested on several non-auditory measures of cognition: working memory (WM) (digit span, object span, symbol span), non-verbal reasoning (Raven's progressive matrices), information-processing speed and inhibitory control (Stroop test), speed of phonological and lexical access (Test of Word Reading Efficiency), and verbal learning and memory (California Verbal Learning Test). Demographic measures were also collected.
methodsCohort study at tertiary neurotology center. Forty-three post-lingually deafened experienced CI users, 19 post-lingually deafened CI candidates, and 40 age-matched NH controls with no cognitive impairment were enrolled. Comparisons among the groups on the cognitive measures were performed.
resultsAdult CI users and CI candidates demonstrated worse (or a trend towards worse) performance as compared with NH peers on non-verbal reasoning, information-processing speed, speed of lexical access, and verbal learning and memory. However, after controlling for gender, socioeconomic status (SES), and vocabulary knowledge among groups, some of these differences were no longer significant. Similarly, large differences were not found in most cognitive abilities between experienced CI users and CI candidates.
conclusionsAdult CI users, CI candidates, and NH peers generally demonstrated equivalent non-auditory cognitive abilities, after controlling for gender, SES, and vocabulary knowledge. These findings provide support for a link between cognitive decline and hearing loss, but this association may be partly attributable to group differences in SES and vocabulary knowledge. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 2b.
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