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Screening Tools and Assessment Methods of Cognitive Decline Associated With Age-Related Hearing Loss: A Review

Strong links between hearing and cognitive function have been confirmed by a growing number of cross-sectional and longitudinal studies. Seniors with age-related hearing loss (ARHL) have a significantly higher cognitive impairment incidence than those with normal hearing. The correlation mechanism b...

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Autores principales: Yue, Tao, Chen, Yu, Zheng, Qi, Xu, Zihao, Wang, Wei, Ni, Guangjian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8316923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34335227
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2021.677090
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author Yue, Tao
Chen, Yu
Zheng, Qi
Xu, Zihao
Wang, Wei
Ni, Guangjian
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Chen, Yu
Zheng, Qi
Xu, Zihao
Wang, Wei
Ni, Guangjian
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description Strong links between hearing and cognitive function have been confirmed by a growing number of cross-sectional and longitudinal studies. Seniors with age-related hearing loss (ARHL) have a significantly higher cognitive impairment incidence than those with normal hearing. The correlation mechanism between ARHL and cognitive decline is not fully elucidated to date. However, auditory intervention for patients with ARHL may reduce the risk of cognitive decline, as early cognitive screening may improve related treatment strategies. Currently, clinical audiology examinations rarely include cognitive screening tests, partly due to the lack of objective quantitative indicators with high sensitivity and specificity. Questionnaires are currently widely used as a cognitive screening tool, but the subject’s performance may be negatively affected by hearing loss. Numerous electroencephalogram (EEG) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies analyzed brain structure and function changes in patients with ARHL. These objective electrophysiological tools can be employed to reveal the association mechanism between auditory and cognitive functions, which may also find biological markers to be more extensively applied in assessing the progression towards cognitive decline and observing the effects of rehabilitation training for patients with ARHL. In this study, we reviewed clinical manifestations, pathological changes, and causes of ARHL and discussed their cognitive function effects. Specifically, we focused on current cognitive screening tools and assessment methods and analyzed their limitations and potential integration.
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spelling pubmed-83169232021-07-29 Screening Tools and Assessment Methods of Cognitive Decline Associated With Age-Related Hearing Loss: A Review Yue, Tao Chen, Yu Zheng, Qi Xu, Zihao Wang, Wei Ni, Guangjian Front Aging Neurosci Neuroscience Strong links between hearing and cognitive function have been confirmed by a growing number of cross-sectional and longitudinal studies. Seniors with age-related hearing loss (ARHL) have a significantly higher cognitive impairment incidence than those with normal hearing. The correlation mechanism between ARHL and cognitive decline is not fully elucidated to date. However, auditory intervention for patients with ARHL may reduce the risk of cognitive decline, as early cognitive screening may improve related treatment strategies. Currently, clinical audiology examinations rarely include cognitive screening tests, partly due to the lack of objective quantitative indicators with high sensitivity and specificity. Questionnaires are currently widely used as a cognitive screening tool, but the subject’s performance may be negatively affected by hearing loss. Numerous electroencephalogram (EEG) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies analyzed brain structure and function changes in patients with ARHL. These objective electrophysiological tools can be employed to reveal the association mechanism between auditory and cognitive functions, which may also find biological markers to be more extensively applied in assessing the progression towards cognitive decline and observing the effects of rehabilitation training for patients with ARHL. In this study, we reviewed clinical manifestations, pathological changes, and causes of ARHL and discussed their cognitive function effects. Specifically, we focused on current cognitive screening tools and assessment methods and analyzed their limitations and potential integration. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-07-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8316923/ /pubmed/34335227 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2021.677090 Text en Copyright © 2021 Yue, Chen, Zheng, Xu, Wang and Ni. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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Yue, Tao
Chen, Yu
Zheng, Qi
Xu, Zihao
Wang, Wei
Ni, Guangjian
Screening Tools and Assessment Methods of Cognitive Decline Associated With Age-Related Hearing Loss: A Review
title Screening Tools and Assessment Methods of Cognitive Decline Associated With Age-Related Hearing Loss: A Review
title_full Screening Tools and Assessment Methods of Cognitive Decline Associated With Age-Related Hearing Loss: A Review
title_fullStr Screening Tools and Assessment Methods of Cognitive Decline Associated With Age-Related Hearing Loss: A Review
title_full_unstemmed Screening Tools and Assessment Methods of Cognitive Decline Associated With Age-Related Hearing Loss: A Review
title_short Screening Tools and Assessment Methods of Cognitive Decline Associated With Age-Related Hearing Loss: A Review
title_sort screening tools and assessment methods of cognitive decline associated with age-related hearing loss: a review
topic Neuroscience
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8316923/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34335227
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnagi.2021.677090
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