Cognitive change in prevalent and incident hearing loss: The Maastricht Aging Study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Hearing loss (HL) has been associated with cognitive decline and dementia. We examined the temporal association between prevalent and incident HL and cognitive change.

Methods

A total of 1823 participants (24-82 years) from the Maastricht Aging Study (MAAS) were assessed at baseline, 6 and 12 years, including pure-tone audiometry. Linear-mixed models were used to test the association between HL and cognition, adjusted for demographics and other dementia risk factors.

Results

Participants with prevalent and incident HL showed a faster decline in verbal memory, information processing speed, and executive function than participants without HL. Decline was steady from baseline to 6 and 12 years for prevalent HL, but time-delayed from 6 to 12 years for inciden

SUBMITTER: Soons LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10984489 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature