The global hearing therapeutic pipeline: 2021

B Isherwood, AC Gonçalves, R Cousins, R Holme - Drug discovery today, 2022 - Elsevier
Hearing loss is a serious condition affecting more than 1.5 billion people globally. Many
affected people benefit from the use of devices, such as hearing aids, but these do not …

Age-related changes in the cochlea and vestibule: shared patterns and processes

V Paplou, NMA Schubert, SJ Pyott - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Both age-related hearing loss (ARHL) and age-related loss in vestibular function (ARVL) are
prevalent conditions with deleterious consequences on the health and quality of life. Age …

Hearing impairment is associated with cognitive decline, brain atrophy and tau pathology

HF Wang, W Zhang, ET Rolls, Y Li, L Wang, YH Ma… - …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Hearing impairment was recently identified as the most prominent risk factor for
dementia. However, the mechanisms underlying the link between hearing impairment and …

Single-cell transcriptomic atlas of mouse cochlear aging

G Sun, Y Zheng, X Fu, W Zhang, J Ren, S Ma… - Protein & …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Progressive functional deterioration in the cochlea is associated with age-related hearing
loss (ARHL). However, the cellular and molecular basis underlying cochlear aging remains …

Auditory sensory deprivation induced by noise exposure exacerbates cognitive decline in a mouse model of Alzheimer's disease

F Paciello, M Rinaudo, V Longo, S Cocco, G Conforto… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Although association between hearing impairment and dementia has been widely
documented by epidemiological studies, the role of auditory sensory deprivation in cognitive …

Extended high-frequency hearing impairment despite a normal audiogram: Relation to early aging, speech-in-noise perception, cochlear function, and routine …

SK Mishra, U Saxena, H Rodrigo - Ear and hearing, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Objectives: Humans can hear up to 20 kHz. Emerging evidence suggests that hearing in the
extended high frequencies (EHFs;> 8 kHz) contributes to speech perception in noise. The …

[HTML][HTML] Noise-induced auditory damage affects hippocampus causing memory deficits in a model of early age-related hearing loss

F Paciello, A Pisani, M Rinaudo, S Cocco… - Neurobiology of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Several studies identified noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) as a risk factor for sensory
aging and cognitive decline processes, including neurodegenerative diseases, such as …

Age‐related hearing loss and cognitive decline: MRI and cellular evidence

Z Jafari, BE Kolb, MH Mohajerani - … of the new York Academy of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Extensive evidence supports the association between age‐related hearing loss (ARHL) and
cognitive decline. It is, however, unknown whether a causal relationship exists between …

The impact of hearing loss on cognitive impairment: the mediating role of depressive symptoms and the moderating role of social relationships

X Cao, Q Liu, J Liu, B Yang, J Zhou - Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Background Given the potentially negative effects of hearing loss on mental health and
cognitive function, it is critical to gain a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying …

Considering hearing loss as a modifiable risk factor for dementia

KK Brewster, JA Deal, FR Lin… - Expert review of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction Accumulating evidence links hearing loss to impaired cognitive performance
and increased risk for dementia. Hearing loss can lead to deafferentation-induced atrophy of …