ArticleAlzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association2024
Cognitive change in prevalent and incident hearing loss: The Maastricht Aging Study.
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- Diabetes mellitus, hearing loss, and therapeutic interventions: A systematic review of insights from preclinical animal models.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- Association between handgrip strength to Cystatin C ratio and hearing loss: insights from the CHARLS study.Journal of health, population, and nutrition · 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
- Mediating effects of social and intellectual activities on cognitive decline caused by hearing loss: insights from the China health and retirement longitudinal study (CHARLS).BMC neurology · 2025Article
- Hearing impairment and dementia: cause, catalyst or consequence?Journal of neurology · 2025Review
- Associations of hearing and visual loss with cognitive decline and dementia risk: a 25-year follow-up of the Maastricht Aging Study.Age and ageing · 2024Article
- Real-life intrinsic capacity screening data from the ICOPE-Care program.Nature aging · 2024Article
- Cognitive change in prevalent and incident hearing loss: The Maastricht Aging Study.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2024Article
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Abstract
introductionHearing loss (HL) has been associated with cognitive decline and dementia. We examined the temporal association between prevalent and incident HL and cognitive change.
methodsA total of 1823 participants (24-82 years) from the Maastricht Aging Study (MAAS) were assessed at baseline, 6 and 12 years, including pure-tone audiometry. Linear-mixed models were used to test the association between HL and cognition, adjusted for demographics and other dementia risk factors.
resultsParticipants with prevalent and incident HL showed a faster decline in verbal memory, information processing speed, and executive function than participants without HL. Decline was steady from baseline to 6 and 12 years for prevalent HL, but time-delayed from 6 to 12 years for incident HL. Having a hearing aid did not change associations. DISCUSSION: Findings support the notion that HL is a risk factor for cognitive decline independent of other dementia risk factors. Onset of HL preceded onset of cognitive decline. HIGHLIGHTS: We examined cognitive change in prevalent and incident hearing loss. Prevalent and incident hearing loss were associated with faster cognitive decline. For prevalent hearing loss, decline was steady from baseline to 6 and 12 years. Onset of hearing loss preceded the onset of cognitive decline. Having a hearing aid did not change the observed associations.
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