Hearing loss in adults

LL Cunningham, DL Tucci - New England Journal of Medicine, 2017 - Mass Medical Soc
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Aging and hearing health: the life-course approach

A Davis, CM McMahon, KM Pichora-Fuller… - The …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Sensory abilities decline with age. More than 5% of the world's population, approximately
360 million people, have disabling hearing loss. In adults, disabling hearing loss is defined …

Falls, risk factors and fear of falling among persons older than 65 years of age

T Gazibara, I Kurtagic, D Kisic‐Tepavcevic… - …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Falling represents a major public health problem among older persons because it leads
to premature mortality, loss of independence, and placement in assisted‐living facilities. The …

A review of causal mechanisms underlying the link between age-related hearing loss and cognitive decline

RV Wayne, IS Johnsrude - Ageing research reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Accumulating evidence points to a link between age-related hearing loss and cognitive
decline, but their relationship is not clear. Does one cause the other, or does some third …

Age-related hearing loss and tinnitus, dementia risk, and auditory amplification outcomes

Z Jafari, BE Kolb, MH Mohajerani - Ageing research reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Age-related hearing loss (ARHL) or presbycusis, as the third leading cause of chronic
disability in older adults, has been shown to be associated with predisposing cognitive …

Trends in health care costs and utilization associated with untreated hearing loss over 10 years

NS Reed, A Altan, JA Deal, C Yeh… - … –Head & Neck …, 2019 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Nearly 38 million individuals in the United States have untreated hearing loss,
which is associated with cognitive and functional decline. National initiatives to address …

Hearing loss and falls: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

NTL Jiam, C Li, Y Agrawal - The Laryngoscope, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background Falls are a devastating condition in older individuals. Identifying potentially
modifiable risk factors such as hearing loss would provide a substantial public health …

Prevalence of hearing aid use among older adults in the United States

W Chien, FR Lin - Archives of internal medicine, 2012 - jamanetwork.com
Methods. We analyzed data from the 1999-2006 cycles of the National Health and
Nutritional Examination Surveys (NHANES), an ongoing epidemiological survey designed to …

Impact of aging on the auditory system and related cognitive functions: a narrative review

DMP Jayakody, PL Friedland, RN Martins… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Age-related hearing loss (ARHL), presbycusis, is a chronic health condition that affects
approximately one-third of the world's population. The peripheral and central hearing …

Age-related hearing impairment—a risk factor and frailty marker for dementia and AD

F Panza, V Solfrizzi, G Logroscino - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2015 - nature.com
Age-related hearing impairment (ARHI, also known as presbycusis) is potentially a
reversible risk factor for dementia and Alzheimer disease (AD). Social isolation, loneliness …