[HTML][HTML] How can hearing loss cause dementia?

TD Griffiths, M Lad, S Kumar, E Holmes, B McMurray… - Neuron, 2020 - cell.com
Epidemiological studies identify midlife hearing loss as an independent risk factor for
dementia, estimated to account for 9% of cases. We evaluate candidate brain bases for this …

[HTML][HTML] The hearing hippocampus

AJ Billig, M Lad, W Sedley, TD Griffiths - Progress in neurobiology, 2022 - Elsevier
The hippocampus has a well-established role in spatial and episodic memory but a broader
function has been proposed including aspects of perception and relational processing …

[HTML][HTML] Associations of sensory impairment and cognitive function in middle-aged and older Chinese population: The China Health and Retirement Longitudinal …

X Zhao, Y Zhou, K Wei, X Bai, J Zhang… - Journal of global …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Little is known about the associations between vision impairment, hearing
impairment, and cognitive function. The aim of this study was to examine whether vision and …

Synchronization patterns reveal neuronal coding of working memory content

F Mamashli, S Khan, M Hämäläinen, M Jas, T Raij… - Cell reports, 2021 - cell.com
Neuronal oscillations are suggested to play an important role in auditory working memory
(WM), but their contribution to content-specific representations has remained unclear. Here …

Hippocampal atrophy is associated with hearing loss in cognitively normal adults

YJ Shim, WH Jung, AJ Billig, W Sedley… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Objectives A growing body of evidence suggests that age-related hearing loss (HL) is
associated with morphological changes of the cerebral cortex, but the results have been …

What is the role of the hippocampus and parahippocampal gyrus in the persistence of tinnitus?

JI Berger, AJ Billig, W Sedley, S Kumar… - Human brain …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The hippocampus and parahippocampal gyrus have been implicated as part of a tinnitus
network by a number of studies. These structures are usually considered in the context of a …

Understanding the relationship between age-related hearing loss and Alzheimer's disease: a narrative review

HY Tarawneh, DMP Jayakody… - Journal of …, 2022 - content.iospress.com
Evidence suggests that hearing loss (HL), even at mild levels, increases the long-term risk of
cognitive decline and incident dementia. Hearing loss is one of the modifiable risk factors for …

Finding tau rhythms in EEG: An independent component analysis approach

MG Wisniewski, CN Joyner… - Human Brain …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Tau rhythms are largely defined by sound responsive alpha band (~ 8–13 Hz) oscillations
generated largely within auditory areas of the superior temporal gyri. Studies of tau have …

Where's my consciousness-ometer? How to test for the presence and complexity of consciousness

T Hunt, M Ericson, J Schooler - … on Psychological Science, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Tools and tests for measuring the presence and complexity of consciousness are becoming
available, but there is no established theoretical approach for what these tools are …

[HTML][HTML] The contribution of short-term memory for sound features to speech-in-noise perception and cognition

M Lad, JP Taylor, TD Griffiths - Hearing research, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Speech-in-noise (SIN) perception is a fundamental ability that declines with aging,
as does general cognition. We assess whether auditory cognitive ability, in particular short …