Authors
Asri Maharani, Piers Dawes, James Nazroo, Gindo Tampubolon, Neil Pendleton, SENSE‐Cog WP1 group, Geir Bertelsen, Suzanne Cosh, Audrey Cougnard‐Grégoire, Cécile Delcourt, Fofi Constantinidou, Catherine Helmer, M Arfan Ikram, Caroline CW Klaver, Iracema Leroi, Magda Meester‐Smor, Unal Mutlu, Virginie Nael, Henrik Schirmer, Henning Tiemeier, Therese von Hanno
Publication date
2018/7
Journal
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Volume
66
Issue
6
Pages
1130-1136
Description
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<.001). Decline in episodic memory scores was slower after (β=–0.02, p<.001) than before using hearing aids (β=–0.1, p<.001). These results were robust to adjustment for multiple confounders …
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