ReviewEuropean review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity2024
The impact of cognitive-motor interference on balance and gait in hearing-impaired older adults: a systematic review.
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- Physical Activity and Cognitive Function Among Chinese Adults Aged 45 Years and Older with Self-Reported Hearing Loss: A 9-Year Longitudinal Study.Brain and behavior · 2026Observational
- Lifelong cognitive reserve as a resilience factor for frailty progression and recovery in later life.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- Contrasting cognitive control in the Simon and spatial Stroop tasks regarding their interference with the control of standing balance.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Uneven Landscape of Cognitive-Motor Dual-Task Research Across Rehabilitation Fields: A State-of-the-Field and Pattern Analysis.Archives of rehabilitation research and clinical translation · 2026Article
- Simulated hearing loss in healthy young and older adults results in poor reaction time in older adults.Pacific journal of health (Stockton, Calif.) · 2026Article
- Gait Medicine: an interdisciplinary field centered on walking as a vital sign.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Biomechanical mechanisms underlying the effect of minimalist footwear on walking stability in persons with a history of falls.Communications medicine · 2025Article
- Requirements of health professionals and affected persons for an App-based dual-task training for hearing impaired older adults - a Delphi survey.European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity · 2025Article
- Auditory Training for Everyday Functioning in Later Life.Seminars in hearing · 2025Review
- Age-related hearing loss and balance disorders: analysis of interactions and clinical implications in older persons. Systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in aging · 2025Review
- The effect of hearing ability on dual-task performance following multi-domain training in older adults with mild cognitive impairment: findings from the SYNERGIC trial.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2025Article
- Multidimensional relationships between sensory perception and cognitive aging.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2024Article
- Advances in Research on the Association between Age-Related Hearing Loss and Risk of Falls and Fractures.Noise & healthReview
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Abstract
backgroundHearing impairments are a rising burden in our aging society. Hearing loss is associated with reduced cognitive performance as well as decrements in balance and gait. Therefore, impaired hearing affects also dual tasking (DT). The aim of this review is to summarize the evidence for DT performance decrements of older adults with hearing impairments during maintaining balance or walking.
methodsThe systematic literature research according to PRISMA guidelines was conducted using MEDLINE, APA Psych-Info, and Web of Science. Inclusion criteria were: Independent living older people ≥ 60 years with hearing impairments, use of a DT paradigm to test hearing impaired older adults within a balance or walking condition.
resultsN = 57 studies were found within the databases. Eight studies were included (N = 456 participants (58% women), including n = 200 older hearing-impaired persons with different levels of hearing loss). Most of the included studies oriented their inclusion criteria for hearing-impairments at thresholds for mild hearing loss with Pure Tone Average (0.5-4 kHz) ≥ 25 and < 40 dB. Three of the studies focused on DT balance performance and five used DT walking comparing participants with and without hearing loss. For DT balance and gait performance, higher decrements for the hearing-impaired group were observed compared to healthy older adults. Performance decrements were accompanied by reduced compensatory strategies in balance performance.
conclusionMore pronounced decrements in DT performance were observed for participants with hearing impairments compared to those without. This implies that hearing-impaired older adults might need specific interventions to reduce the cognitive-motor interference (CMI) to maintain balance control or walking stability in daily situations that require managing of cognitive and motor tasks simultaneously. However, taking all results into account the underlying mechanisms of CMI for this target group needs to be further examined.
trial registrationThis review was registered at Prospero with the ID CRD42022340232.
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