Association of Aging and Cognition With Complex Speech Understanding in Cochlear-Implanted Adults: Use of a Modified National Institutes of Health (NIH) Toolbox Cognitive Assessment.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The association between cognitive function and outcomes in cochlear implant (CI) users is not completely understood, partly because some cognitive tests are confounded by auditory status. It is important to determine appropriate cognitive tests to use in a cohort of CI recipients.

Objective

To provide proof-of-concept for using an adapted version of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Toolbox Cognition Battery in a cohort of patients with CIs and to explore how hearing in noise with a CI is affected by cognitive status using the adapted test.

Design, setting, and participants

In this prognostic study, participants listened to sentences presented in a speech-shaped background noise. Cognitive tests consisted of 7 subtests of the NIH Toolbox Cognition Bat

SUBMITTER: Schvartz-Leyzac KC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9880868 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature