SynthesisFrontiers in aging neuroscience2023
Association of age-related hearing loss with cognitive impairment and dementia: an umbrella review.
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Optimizing Elderly Hearing Loss Care in Hong Kong A Cost-Effectiveness and Satisfactory Analysis of a Pilot Collaborative Model Between Otorhinolaryngologists and Family Medicine Specialists
Who cites it
21 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.
- Fall prevention interventions in community-dwelling older people with cognitive impairment: a systematic review.JBI evidence implementation · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of cochlear implantation on quality of life in patients with age-related hearing loss: a systematic review.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of executive function training on balance and auditory-cognitive dual-task performance in adults with and without hearing loss.PloS one · 2026Trial
- "The sound of silence": when the brain doesn't hear.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2026Review
- Pilot Study on the Development of a Screening Questionnaire for Hearing and Cognitive Function: Exploration of Cognitive Domain Items.Journal of audiology & otology · 2026Article
- [Correlation analysis between pure-tone thresholds at different frequencies and cognitive scores].Lin chuang er bi yan hou tou jing wai ke za zhi = Journal of clinical otorhinolaryngology head and neck surgery · 2026Article
- Navigating Aging with Technology: A Scoping Review of Digital Interventions Addressing Intrinsic Capacity Decline in Older Adults.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Pure tone auditory thresholds and their association with cognition in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Association between occupational noise-induced hearing loss and cognitive function: a multimodal cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- The association between hearing loss in adults and cognitive outcomes: an umbrella review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2026Review
- Advances in the treatment of age-related hearing loss: from molecular mechanisms to targeted interventions.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2026Review
- A Cross-Sectional Study of Word Recognition and Cognitive Function in Older Adults with Hearing Loss Using a Standardized Neuropsychological Battery.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- A hypothetical intervention on the use of hearing aids for the risk of dementia in people with hearing loss in UK Biobank.American journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- Multilayer network analysis of dynamic network reconfiguration in age-related hearing loss: a cross-sectional case-control study.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2025Article
- Pragmatic questionnaire-based evaluation of auditory function in individuals with major neurocognitive disorders and hearing loss in diverse contexts.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Article
- Prediction of hearing aid cognitive outcomes in age-related hearing loss.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Article
- The global prevalence of complete hearing loss in 204 countries and territories from 1992 to 2021: a systematic analysis for the global burden of disease study 2021.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Cognitive Disorders In Acquired Sensorineural Hearing Loss, At The Ent Department Of The "Village Bondeko" Center, In Kinshasa.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2025Article
- Relationship between hearing impairment and dementia and cognitive function: a Mendelian randomization study.Alzheimer's research & therapy · 2024Article
- Single-unit data for sensory neuroscience: Responses from the auditory nerve of young-adult and aging gerbils.Scientific data · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: Hearing loss, cognitive impairment and dementia have become common problems for older adults. Currently, systematic reviews and meta-analyses of the association between age-related hearing loss (ARHL) with cognitive impairment and dementia may have inconsistent results. To explore and validate the association between ARHL with cognitive impairment and dementia through summarizing and evaluating existing evidence. Methods: From inception to February 01, 2023, PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, and Cochrane Library databases were systematically searched. AMSTAR 2 was used to evaluate methodological quality and GRADE system was used to evaluate evidence quality. We summarized the basic characteristics of the included studies and extracted effect data for ARHL with cognitive impairment and dementia. Forest plots were used to describe the relative risk associated with ARHL and cognitive impairment, and the relative risk associated with ARHL and dementia, respectively. Results: A total of 11 systematic reviews and meta-analyses met the inclusion criteria. Overall, the methodological quality of the included SRs/MAs was moderate and the quality of the evidence was low. The combined results found that the pooled risk ratio of ARHL and cognitive impairment was 1.30 (random-effects; 95% CI 1.16 to 1.45), and the pooled risk ratio of ARHL and dementia was 1.59 (random-effects; 95% CI 1.34 to 1.90). Conclusion: Based on the evidence reported in this umbrella review, age-related hearing loss is significantly associated with cognitive impairment and dementia. Hearing loss may be a high risk factor for cognitive impairment and dementia in older adults.
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