ReviewJournal of neurology2025
Hearing impairment and dementia: cause, catalyst or consequence?
Review in Journal of neurology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 11 papers.
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Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed.
- Machine Learning-Based Multidimensional Health Decline Prediction Framework: Data-Driven Modeling for the Middle-Aged and Elderly Population.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Exploring the Relationship Between Hearing Loss and Cognitive Dysfunction from the Perspective of Molecular Mechanisms.Biomolecules · 2026Review
- Speech-In-Noise Perception in Alzheimer's Disease and Primary Progressive Aphasia.European journal of neurology · 2026Article
- Hearing Loss as a Potentially Modifiable Marker of Dementia Risk: Neurological Evidence, Uncertainty, and Clinical Interpretation.Neuro-degenerative diseases · 2026Review
- Non-verbal dichotic listening: A new cognitive hearing test for dementia.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026Article
- Hearing screening for healthy aging: the U.K. should take a targeted approach.The Gerontologist · 2026Article
- Dementia and hearing loss: from risk to mechanisms and management.Frontiers in dementia · 2026Review
- Functional neuroanatomy of musical object processing in Alzheimer's disease and frontotemporal dementia.Brain communications · 2026Article
- Assessment of Risk Factors for Cognitive Impairment Accounting for Genetic and Environmental Influences: An Italian Population-Based Twin Study.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Relationships Between Self-Report Hearing Scales, Listening Effort, and Speech Perception in Cocktail Party Noise in Hearing-Aided Patients.Audiology research · 2025Article
- Severe and profound hearing loss in patients with multiple sensory impairments: increased incidence of cognitive impairment.Brazilian journal of otorhinolaryngologyArticle
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
Authors and funding
16 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
The relationship between hearing impairment and dementia has attracted significant attention, the 2024 Lancet Commission report identifying hearing loss as the largest modifiable risk factor for dementia from mid-life. The nature of this linkage between dementia and hearing remains unclear and is likely to be complex. In principle, hearing impairment could cause (directly promote), catalyze (amplify) or be a consequence of neurodegenerative pathology and cognitive decline. Here we use this framework to examine different lines of evidence for the association between hearing impairment and dementia, and consider how this evidence speaks to potential mechanisms and treatment implications. We conclude by considering practical clinical implications for management of patients with hearing impairment and dementia, the potential role for central hearing tests as 'auditory biomarkers' of dementia, and the need for further collaborative and mechanistically motivated research in this area.
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