Does Treating Hearing Loss in Older Adults Improve Cognitive Outcomes? A Review
Abstract
:1. Hearing Loss and Age-Related Cognitive Decline: Two Highly Frequent Conditions in Aging
2. Possible Mechanisms Explaining the Relationship Between Hearing Loss and Cognitive Decline in Older Adults
3. Treatment of Hearing Impairment in Older Adults and Impact on Cognitive Decline
3.1. Potential Benefits of Hearing Aids on Cognition
3.2. Cochlear Implants and Cognitive Outcomes in Older Adults
4. Conclusions and Perspectives
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Study | Cross-Sectional or Prospective Design (and Length Follow-Up) | Sample Size | Cognitive Tools | Main Result |
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Ray et al. 2018 [44] | Cross-sectional | 7385 | 10-word list immediate and delayed recall test, verbal fluency task | Higher cognitive scores in HA users |
Lin et al. 2013 [19] | Prospective: 6-year follow-up | 1984 | 3MS | No significant difference |
Deal et al. 2015 [54] | Prospective: 20-year follow-up | 253 | Delayed word recall test, verbal fluency task, DSST | Lower decline in HA users in a global composite score |
Acar et al. 2011 [55] | Prospective: 3-month follow-up | 34 | MMSE | Lower decline in HA users |
Amieva et al. 2015 [14] | Prospective: 25-year follow-up | 3670 | MMSE | Lower decline in HA users |
Dawes et al. 2015 [56] | Prospective: 11-year follow-up | 666 | MMSE, TMT, auditory verbal learning, DSST, verbal fluency task | No significant difference |
Study | Length Follow-Up after Cochlear Implantation | Sample Size | Cognitive Tools | Main Result |
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Crary et al. 1982 [63] | 1 year | 46 | WAIS, Graham–Kendall Memory for Designs, TMT, Bender Visual Motor Gestalt | Improved performance in a subsample of participants by descriptive data only |
Castiglione et al. 2015 [65] | 1 year | 15 | MOCA | Improved performance |
Mosnier et al. 2015 [66] | 1 year | 94 | MMSE, Five-Word Test, Clock drawing test, d2 test of attention, TMT | Improved performance |
Cosetti et al. 2016 [67] | 3.7 years in average | 7 | WAIS, TMT, controlled oral word association test, Boston naming test, RBANS | Improved performance reported in some participants by descriptive data only |
Ambert-Dahan et al. 2017 [68] | 1 year | 18 | CODEX, MOCA | Improved performance reported in some participants by descriptive data only |
Jayakody et al. 2017 [69] | 1 year | 39 | CANTAB | Improved performance |
Sonnet et al. 2017 [70] | 1 year | 16 | MMSE, Rey complex figure test, TMT, Five-Word Test, oral naming test DO80 | No difference |
Sarant et al. 2019 [71] | 1.5 year | 59 | Groton Maze Learning Test from CogState battery | Improved performance in a subsample of participants |
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