Effect of hearing intervention on communicative function: A secondary analysis of the ACHIEVE randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders (ACHIEVE) Study was designed to determine the effects of a best-practice hearing intervention on cognitive decline among community-dwelling older adults. Here, we conducted a secondary analysis of the ACHIEVE Study to investigate the effect of hearing intervention on self-reported communicative function.

Methods

The ACHIEVE Study is a parallel-group, unmasked, randomized controlled trial of adults aged 70-84 years with untreated mild-to-moderate hearing loss and without substantial cognitive impairment. Participants were randomly assigned (1:1) to a hearing intervention (audiological counseling and provision of hearing aids) or a control intervention of health education (individual sessions with a health educator

SUBMITTER: Sanchez VA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11637286 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature