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ArticleJournal of aging and health2025

What are the Correlates of Hearing Aid Use for People Living With Dementia?

Emma Hooper, Laura J E Brown, Piers Dawes, Iracema Leroi, Christopher J Armitage

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Article in Journal of aging and health, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Emma HooperDivision of Psychology and Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4059-6035
Laura J E BrownDivision of Psychology and Mental Health, School of Health Sciences, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-5251-4615
Piers DawesManchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Iracema LeroiGlobal Brain Health Institute and School of Medicine, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Christopher J ArmitageManchester Centre for Health Psychology, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2365-1765
Manchester Academic Health Science Centre · GBThe University of Queensland · AUTrinity College Dublin · IE

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesTo identify correlates of hearing aid use in people with dementia and age-related hearing loss.

methodsBivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses of predictor variables from 239 participants with dementia and hearing loss in the European SENSE-Cog Randomized Controlled Trial (Cyprus, England, France, Greece, and Ireland).

resultsIn multivariate analysis, four variables were significantly associated with hearing aid use: greater self-perceived hearing difficulties (OR 2.61 [CI 1.04-6.55]), lower hearing acuity (OR .39 [CI .2-.56]), higher cognitive ability (OR 1.19 [CI 1.08-1.31]), and country of residence. Participants in England had significantly increased odds of use compared to Cyprus (OR .36 [CI .14-.96]), France (OR .12 [CI .04-.34]) or Ireland (OR .05 [CI .01-.56]) but not Greece (OR 1.13 [CI .42-3.00]).

conclusionsAdapting interventions to account for cognitive ability, country of residence, self-perceived hearing difficulties, and hearing acuity may support hearing aid use in people with dementia.

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DementiaHearing AidsHearing LossAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansMaleRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSecondary Data Analysiscorrelatesdementiahearing aid

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