ArticleThe Laryngoscope2022
Evaluating the Impact of Cochlear Implantation on Cognitive Function in Older Adults.
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- Conductive Hearing Loss is Associated With Dementia in the All of Us Research Program.The Laryngoscope · 2026Article
- Cognitive Outcomes After Cochlear Implantation in Older Adults: A Narrative Review of Current Evidence, Mechanisms, and Long-Term Perspectives.Audiology research · 2026Review
- Effects of Hearing Intervention on Cognitive Function in Patients with Presbycusis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Audiology research · 2026Review
- Evaluating the Impact of Cochlear Implantation on Cognitive Outcomes in Older Adults: A 5-Year Follow-Up.Otology & neurotology : official publication of the American Otological Society, American Neurotology Society [and] European Academy of Otology and Neurotology · 2026Article
- Verbal fluency after cochlear implantation: a longitudinal comparison with untreated hearing loss in the ELSA cohort.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Article
- Neuropsychological Assessments to Explore the Cognitive Impact of Cochlear Implants: A Scoping Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- 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
- The incidence of sensorineural hearing loss diagnoses in people with and without Alzheimer's disease - a nationwide cohort study.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- [Analysis of the effect of cochlear implantation in elderly patients].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2025Article
- COCHLEA: Longitudinal Cognitive Performance of Older Adults with Hearing Loss and Cochlear Implants at 4.5-Year Follow-Up.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Do people with cognitive impairment benefit from cochlear implants? A scoping review.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 · 2024Article
- American Cochlear Implant Alliance Task Force: Recommendations for Determining Cochlear Implant Candidacy in Adults.The Laryngoscope · 2024Article
- Cognitive processing speed improvement after cochlear implantation.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2024Article
- Orienting attention to auditory and visual working memory in older adults with cochlear implants.PloS one · 2024Article
- A Five-Decade Text Mining Analysis of Cochlear Implant Research: Where We Started and Where We Are Heading.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2023Article
- Age-related hearing loss and its potential drug candidates: a systematic review.Chinese medicine · 2023Review
- Effects of cochlear implantation on cognitive decline in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Heliyon · 2023Article
- Evaluation of the Cognitive Function of Adults with Severe Hearing Loss Pre- and Post-Cochlear Implantation Using Verbal Fluency Testing.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Hearing rehabilitation for unilateral deafness using a cochlear implant: the influence of the subjective duration of deafness on speech intelligibility.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 · 2023Article
- Can cochlear implantation prevent cognitive decline in the long-term follow-up?Frontiers in neurology · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectives/hypothesisWe hypothesize that treating hearing loss through cochlear implantation in older adults will improve cognitive function. STUDY
designProspective, interventional study.
methodsThirty-seven participants aged 65 years and older who met criteria for cochlear implantation were enrolled. Subjects underwent preoperative cognitive testing with a novel arrangement of standard neuropsychological tests, including tests of general cognition and mood (Mini-Mental Status Exam [MMSE]), tests of verbally based stimuli and responses (Digit Span, Stroop, Hopkins Verbal Learning Test-Revised [HVLT-R], Hayling Sentence Completion), and comparable visually based tests (Spatial Span, d2 Test of Attention, Brief Visuospatial Memory Test [BVMT], Trails A and B). Testing was repeated 12 months postoperatively.
resultsOne year postoperatively, subjects showed a statistically significant improvement in hearing and on the following tests of cognitive function: concentration performance of the d2 Test of Attention, Hayling Sentence Completion Test, HVLT-R (total and delayed recall), Spatial Span (backward), and Stroop Color Word Test. A subgroup analysis was performed comparing 13 participants with preoperative cognitive impairment (MMSE ≤ 24) to 24 participants with normal cognition (MMSE ≥ 25). In this subgroup analysis, a greater magnitude of improvement was seen in those with impaired cognition, with statistically significant improvement in Digit Span (scaled score), Stroop Word (T-score), Stroop Color-Word (residual and T-score), HVLT-R, and Hayling (overall). All verbally based test scores improved, and 75% of the visually based test scores improved.
conclusionsThis study demonstrates the cognitive benefits of cochlear implantation in older adults 1 year after surgery. For older adults with cognitive impairment prior to cochlear implantation, the cognitive benefits were even greater than in subjects with normal cognition. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 3, nonrandomized controlled cohort Laryngoscope, 132:S1-S15, 2022.
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