ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2020
Does Treating Hearing Loss in Older Adults Improve Cognitive Outcomes? A Review.
Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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31 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 66 citations in OpenAlex.
- Is there benefit from the use of cochlear implants and hearing aids in cognition for older adults? A systematic review.Frontiers in epidemiology · 2022Pooled it
- How are people with mild cognitive impairment or subjective memory complaints managed in primary care? A systematic review.Family practice · 2021Pooled it
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- Self-Fitting Versus Professional-Fitting Hearing Aids: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Audiology research · 2026Review
- Cognitive Outcomes After Cochlear Implantation in Older Adults: A Narrative Review of Current Evidence, Mechanisms, and Long-Term Perspectives.Audiology research · 2026Review
- Downstream of hearing loss: a population-based multistate analysis of lifetime risk and years lived with hearing loss, dementia and their comorbidity in Finland.Age and ageing · 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
- Longitudinal associations between speech-in-noise deficits and cognitive function over 8 years: the role of hearing aid use and environmental noise exposure.The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences · 2025Article
- Addressing healthcare vulnerabilities in nursing homes : Insights from human rights monitoring in two Austrian provinces.Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2025Article
- Sensory Insights in Aging: Exploring the Impact on Improving Dietary Through Sensory Enhancement.Food science & nutrition · 2025Review
- Exploring the role of psychological well-being in the impact of hearing loss on depressive symptoms in rural older adults.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Joint Association of Combined Healthy Lifestyle Factors and Hearing Loss With Cognitive Impairment in China.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2024Article
- Disparities in care of older adults of color with cancer: A narrative review.Cancer medicine · 2024Review
- Temporal Ordering and Auditory Resolution in Individuals with Sensorineural Hearing Loss.International archives of otorhinolaryngology · 2024Article
- Linking Cerebrovascular Dysfunction to Age-Related Hearing Loss and Alzheimer's Disease-Are Systemic Approaches for Diagnosis and Therapy Required?Biomolecules · 2022Review
- Effect of cochlear implantation on cognitive decline and quality of life in younger and older adults with severe-to-profound hearing loss.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 · 2022Article
- Evaluating the Impact of Cochlear Implantation on Cognitive Function in Older Adults.The Laryngoscope · 2022Article
- Can cochlear implantation prevent cognitive decline in the long-term follow-up?Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
- The effect of risk factors on cognition in adult cochlear implant candidates with severe to profound hearing loss.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Hearing loss is the third most prevalent health condition in older age. In recent years, research has consistently reported an association between hearing loss and mental health outcomes, including poorer cognitive performances. Whether treating hearing loss in elders improves cognition has been directly or indirectly addressed by several studies. This review aims at providing a synthesis of those results. Regarding the literature on hearing aids' use and cognition, although the lack of interventional studies has to be underlined, observational data suggest that hearing aids positively impact long-term cognition, even though more research is necessary to ascertain this statement and provide information on the length or frequency of use required in order to observe benefits. Regarding cochlear implants in elders experiencing more severe auditory deprivation, the literature is scarcer. The available studies have many limitations and do not allow the drawing of clear conclusions. Taken together, the results are encouraging. Nevertheless, because hearing loss is suspected to account for 9% of dementia cases, and also because hearing loss is one of the few potentially modifiable factors from a dementia prevention perspective, the need to stimulate research to have clearer knowledge of the benefits of treating hearing loss on cognitive outcomes is urgent.
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