Hearing loss and cognition: what we know and where we need to go

DS Powell, ES Oh, NS Reed, FR Lin… - Frontiers in aging …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Although a causal association remains to be determined, epidemiologic evidence suggests
an association between hearing loss and increased risk of dementia. If we determine the …

The Ease of Language Understanding (ELU) model: theoretical, empirical, and clinical advances

J Rönnberg, T Lunner, A Zekveld, P Sörqvist… - Frontiers in systems …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Working memory is important for online language processing during conversation. We use it
to maintain relevant information, to inhibit or ignore irrelevant information, and to attend to …

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 …

[图书][B] Teaching and researching: Listening

M Rost - 2013 - taylorfrancis.com
Teaching and Researching Listening provides a focused, state-of-the-art treatment of the
linguistic, psycholinguistic and pragmatic processes that are involved in oral language use …

Moving toward a neuroplasticity view of bilingualism, executive control, and aging

S Baum, D Titone - Applied psycholinguistics, 2014 - cambridge.org
Normal aging is an inevitable race between increasing knowledge and decreasing cognitive
capacity. Crucial to understanding and promoting successful aging is determining which of …

Brain plasticity and functional losses in the aged: scientific bases for a novel intervention

HW Mahncke, A Bronstone, MM Merzenich - Progress in brain research, 2006 - Elsevier
Aging is associated with progressive losses in function across multiple systems, including
sensation, cognition, memory, motor control, and affect. The traditional view has been that …

Language and aging

DM Burke, MA Shafto - The handbook of aging and cognition, 2011 - taylorfrancis.com
Language in old age has been an active research area since early experimental
investigations in cognitive aging (eg, Craik & Masani, 1967; Riegel & Riegel, 1964). This is …

Language proficiency in native and nonnative speakers: An agenda for research and suggestions for second-language assessment

JH Hulstijn - Language Assessment Quarterly, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
This article addresses the question of what language proficiency (LP) is, both theoretically
and empirically. It does so by making a distinction, on one hand, between basic and higher …

Selective attention in normal and impaired hearing

BG Shinn-Cunningham, V Best - Trends in amplification, 2008 - journals.sagepub.com
A common complaint among listeners with hearing loss (HL) is that they have difficulty
communicating in common social settings. This article reviews how normal-hearing listeners …

Auditory threshold, phonologic demand, and incident dementia

J Gallacher, V Ilubaera, Y Ben-Shlomo, A Bayer… - Neurology, 2012 - AAN Enterprises
Objective: This study was undertaken to investigate the association of auditory threshold
with cognitive decline and dementia. Methods: The 1,057 surviving men of the Caerphilly …