Association of Age-Related Hearing Loss With Cognitive Function, Cognitive Impairment, and Dementia

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David G. Loughrey · Trinity College Dublin

Michelle E. Kelly · Trinity College Dublin

George A. Kelley · West Virginia University

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Age-related hearing loss is a possible biomarker and modifiable risk factor for cognitive decline, cognitive impairment, and dementia. Additional research and randomized clinical trials are warranted to examine implications of treatment for cognition and to explore possible causal mechanisms underlying this relationship.

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Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation Noise Effects and Management Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics

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Published in: JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery

Volume 144, Issue 2, pp. 115-115

DOI: 10.1001/jamaoto.2017.2513

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Association of Age-Related Hearing Loss With Cognitive Function, Cognitive Impairment, and Dementia

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