Hearing loss is associated with increased cognitive decline and incident dementia in older adults. We aimed to investigate whether a hearing intervention could reduce cognitive decline in cognitively healthy older adults with hearing loss.MethodsThe ACHIEVE study is a multicentre, parallel-group, unmasked, randomised controlled trial of adults aged 70–84 years with untreated hearing loss and without… Continue reading Hearing intervention versus health education control to reduce cognitive decline in older adults with hearing loss in the USA (ACHIEVE): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial
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Dual #sensory impairment in older adults and risk of #dementia from the GEM Study
Hearing and vision loss are independently associated with dementia, but the impact of dual sensory impairment (DSI) on dementia risk is not well understood.. ..DSI was significantly associated with higher risk of all‐cause dementia (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.86; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.25‐2.76) and Alzheimer's disease (HR = 2.12; 95% CI = 1.34‐3.36).… Continue reading Dual #sensory impairment in older adults and risk of #dementia from the GEM Study
Bilateral high-frequency hearing loss is associated with elevated blood #pressure and increased hypertension risk in occupational #noise exposed workers
..bilateral high-frequency hearing loss (BHFHL) Increasing years of occupational noise exposure and BHFHL were significantly associated with systolic and diastolic blood pressure increase (all P<0.001). The lineal trend was only significant in males, with adjusted ORs for hypertension gradually increasing with increasing years of occupational noise exposure (P<0.001). Furthermore, subjects having mild and high BHFHL… Continue reading Bilateral high-frequency hearing loss is associated with elevated blood #pressure and increased hypertension risk in occupational #noise exposed workers
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