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Longitudinal Relationship Between Hearing Aid Use and Cognitive Function in Older Americans
- Source :
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 66:1130-1136
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2018.
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Abstract
- Objectives: To test whether hearing aid use alters cognitive trajectories in older adults. Design: US population-based longitudinal cohort study. Setting: Data were drawn from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), which measured cognitive performance repeatedly every 2 years over 18 years (1996–2014). Participants: Adults aged 50 and older who who took part in a minimum of 3 waves of the HRS and used hearing aids for the first time between Waves 4 and 11 (N=2,040). Measurements: Cognitive outcomes were based on episodic memory scores determined according to the sum of immediate and delayed recall of 10 words. Results: Hearing aid use was positively associated with episodic memory scores (β=1.53, p
- Subjects :
- Hearing aid
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0302 clinical medicine
otorhinolaryngologic diseases
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Dementia
030212 general & internal medicine
Effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance
Geriatrics and Gerontology
Cognitive decline
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Details
- ISSN :
- 00028614
- Volume :
- 66
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........1d09f80cc0a4f940efc79fccadaabd6f