Age-Related Hearing Loss, Cognitive Decline, and Social Interaction: Testing a Framework.
Purpose: Aging increases risk for hearing loss, cognitive decline, and social isolation; however, the nature of their interconnection remains unclear. This study examined the interplay between age-related hearing loss, cognitive decline, and social isolation in adults by testing the ability to under...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 67; no. 8; pp. 2743 - 2761 |
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American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Aug2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=178847318&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 178847318 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10924388 1SM jtl: Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research issn: 10924388 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Aug2024 vid: 67 iid: 8 pid: 42 pub: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association artinfo: ui: 178847318 10.1044/2024_JSLHR-23-00810 ppf: 2743 ppct: 18 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 1.3MB tig: atl: Age-Related Hearing Loss, Cognitive Decline, and Social Interaction: Testing a Framework. aug: au: Arjmandi, Meisam K. Neils-Strunjas, Jean Nemati, Samaneh Fridriksson, Julius Newman-Norlund, Sarah Newman-Norlund, Roger Bonilha, Leonardo affil: Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Carolina, Columbia Institute for Mind and Brain, University of South Carolina, Columbia Department of Neurology, University of South Carolina, Columbia su: South Carolina Cross-sectional method Interpersonal relations Social isolation Noise Research funding Questionnaires Audiometry Descriptive statistics Presbycusis Longitudinal method Cognition disorders Speech perception Confidence intervals Data analysis software sug: subj: Cross-sectional method Interpersonal relations Social isolation South Carolina Noise Research funding Questionnaires Audiometry Descriptive statistics Presbycusis Longitudinal method Cognition disorders Speech perception Confidence intervals Data analysis software ab: Purpose: Aging increases risk for hearing loss, cognitive decline, and social isolation; however, the nature of their interconnection remains unclear. This study examined the interplay between age-related hearing loss, cognitive decline, and social isolation in adults by testing the ability to understand speech in background noise, a challenge frequently reported by many older adults. Method: We analyzed data collected from 128 adults (20-79 years of age, Mage = 51 years) recruited as part of the Aging Brain Cohort at the University of South Carolina repository. The participants underwent testing for hearing, cognition, and social interaction, which included pure-tone audiometry, a words-in-noise (WIN) test, a hearing questionnaire (Speech, Spatial and Qualities of Hearing Scale [SSQ12]), a social questionnaire (Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System-57 Social), and the Montreal Cognitive Assessment. We used a single pure-tone average (PTA) threshold value and a single WIN threshold value for each participant because there were no differences on average between the left and right ears. Results: Poorer hearing was significantly associated with cognitive decline, through both PTA and WIN thresholds, with a stronger association observed for WIN threshold. Adults with poorer hearing also exhibited greater social isolation, as evidenced by their WIN threshold and SSQ12 score, although not through PTA. This connection was more pronounced with the WIN threshold than with the SSQ12 score. Cognition was not related to social isolation, suggesting that social isolation is affected more by the ability to understand words in noise than by cognition in a nondemented population. Conclusions: Understanding speech in challenging auditory environments rather than mere threshold detection is strongly linked to social isolation and cognitive decline. Thus, inclusion of a word-recognition-in-noise test and a social isolation survey in clinical settings is warranted. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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