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066 - Hearing Loss and Cognition: What does the research tell us?

This Week in Hearing

English - June 21, 2022 13:01 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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Over the past decade, the relationship between hearing loss and cognitive decline has been a hot topic, with much of the research in this area misinterpreted or misunderstood. Here to help us get a clearer picture of this linkage between hearing loss and cognitive decline and how hearing aids might help is Danielle Powell, PhD. She is an audiologist and epidemiologist at Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health.


Articles mentioned in this interview:


Powell DS, Oh ES, Reed NS, Lin FR, Deal JA. Hearing Loss and Cognition: What We Know and Where We Need to Go. Front Aging Neurosci. 2022;13:769405. Published 2022 Feb 28  (open access)


Powell DS, Oh ES, Lin FR, Deal JA. Hearing Impairment and Cognition in an Aging World. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol. 2021;22(4):387-403.  (gated site)


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