ArticleHealthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Lack of Association between Audiogram and Hearing Disability Measures in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: What Audiogram Does Not Tell You.
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- Does social isolation mediate the association between hearing loss and cognition in adults? A systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
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- Speech-In-Noise Perception in Alzheimer's Disease and Primary Progressive Aphasia.European journal of neurology · 2026Article
- Hearing impairment and cognitive decline: Alternative explanations to causality.Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD · 2026Article
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- Gender differences in the relationship between hearing and visual impairments, dual sensory impairment, and depression in middle-aged and elderly populations.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Hearing Screening for Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment: A Systematic Review.Journal of audiology & otology · 2024Article
- Comprehension of acoustically degraded speech in Alzheimer's disease and primary progressive aphasia.Brain : a journal of neurology · 2023Article
- The Impact of Hearing Loss and Hearing Aid Usage on the Visuospatial Abilities of Older Adults in a Cohort of Combined Hearing and Cognitive Impairment.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2022Article
- The Screening Accuracy of a Visually Based Montreal Cognitive Assessment Tool for Older Adult Hearing Aid Users.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2021Article
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Abstract
(1) Introduction: The validity of self-reported hearing disability measures has been assessed using their correlation with the pure-tone average (PTA) hearing loss for non-cognitively impaired adults. However, for people with cognitive impairment, factors in addition to the PTA can play a role in their self-reported difficulties. Patients with cognitive impairment may experience more hearing difficulties due to their brain processing sounds abnormally, irrespective of PTA. (2) Methods: Three groups of hearing aid users who had normal cognition, mild cognitive impairment and dementia were recruited. Self-reported hearing abilities were assessed with the modified Amsterdam inventory for auditory disability (mAIAD) and the speech, spatial and qualities of hearing scale (SSQ). (3) Results: The SSQ and mAIAD scores were highly correlated with each other for all three groups. However, a correlation with objective PTA was found in the normal cognition but not the cognitively impaired groups. Self-reported hearing scores were associated with cognitive scores for the dementia group (4) Discussion: In people with combined cognitive and hearing impairment, PTA alone may be a poor predictor of hearing abilities. Subjective hearing questionnaires together with hearing tests may provide a better understanding of their hearing difficulties.
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