The Screening Accuracy of a Visually Based Montreal Cognitive Assessment Tool for Older Adult Hearing Aid Users.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This research aims to validate a modified visually based Montreal Cognitive Assessment for hearing-aid users (MoCA-HA). This population should be the target of cognitive screening due to high risk of developing dementia.

Design

Case-control study.

Setting

The participants were recruited from referral hearing-aid center and memory clinic in central London, United Kingdom.

Participant

75 hearing-aid users were recruited. Of these, thirty were cognitively intact controls with hearing impairment (NC-HI); thirty had mild cognitive impairment with hearing impairment (MCI-HI); fifteen had dementia with hearing impairment (D-HI).

Measurements

The baseline characteristics and analysis of the MoCA-HA for the NC-HI were recorded. The MoCA-HA performance

SUBMITTER: Utoomprurkporn N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8406998 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature