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Vanderbilt Audiology Journal Club: Hearing Loss and the Risk for Cognitive Impairment

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1.  Presbycusis has been linked to: dementia poorer cognitive functioning both A and B none of the above

2.  This Johns Hopkins researcher has studied the link between hearing loss and cognitive impairment: Mueller Gifford Lin Smaka

3.  According to the literature discussed, individuals with a severe or greater hearing loss have a 5-fold increased risk of: traffic accidents dementia sleep disorders APD

4.  Social isolation, increased cognitive load and the impact on cortical processing are possible explanations for: the link between hearing loss and dementia the link between hearing loss and Parkinson's the link between hearing loss and IQ all of the above

5.  Lin et al. (2013) found that hearing aid use: was associated with a lower risk of cognitive impairment was associated with a higher risk of cognitive impairment caused dementia none of the above

6.  These researchers found that elderly CI recipients who had abnormal preop scores showed improvement in cognitive function in all cognitive domains as early as 6 months following activation: Mosnier and colleagues Ricketts and colleagues Tharpe and colleagues Bess and colleagues

7.  It is estimated that by 2050, the number of people with cognitive impairment and dementia will: dramatically decrease stay the same dramatically increase slightly decrease

8.  In the Dawes and colleagues study, hearing aid use was associated with: better cognition poorer cognition less depression improved self confidence

9.  Cognitive load refers to: brain size total amount of cognitive activity imposed on working memory at an instance in time the degree of neuroplasticity in an individual overactive neurogenesis

10.  Which statement best describes this course's summary? there is no link between hearing loss and cognitive impairment there is no research showing that amplification is associated with better cognition there are studies that show a correlation, not a causation, between amplification and improved cognition hearing aids and cochlear implants can prevent dementia