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Hearing Loss, Hearing Aids, and Dementia: How Might Recent Studies Inform Patient Care

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1.  The recent 2022 study in Lancet Healthy Aging is a subsample of adults from which study? Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging Mayo Clinic Study of Aging Harvard Study of Aging Lancet Aging Study

2.  The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of aging used which test to assess the relationship between hearing loss and cognitive decline? Speech audiometry with the NU-6 word lists Quick SIN Pure tone thresholds Auditory evoked potentials

3.  According to the 2021 PLOS systemic review of the relationship between hearing aid use and cognitive function, examining 17 unique studies, spanning 30 years of research and 3526 participants, the general conclusions suggest which of the following? The most beneficial impact of hearing aids seems to be in the cognitive domain of executive function Hearing aids are ineffective The most beneficial impact seems to be in the cognitive domain of attention span and speed of processing No firm conclusions could be drawn from the review

4.  According to a 2020 Lancet study, hearing loss is the: Largest non-modifiable risk factor among older adults Largest modifiable risk factor among middle aged adults Largest modifiable risk factor among older adults Largest non-modifiable risk factor among middle aged adults

5.  A 2022 systematic review and meta-analysis of hearing aid use and cognitive decline, published in JAMA Neurology, concluded that: Physicians should strongly encourage their patients with hearing loss to adopt hearing aids Physicians should avoid any mention of hearing aids Physicians should encourage their patients to use PSAP rather than prescriptive devices in order to save money Audiologists should focus more attention on cochlear implants because they are more effective at staving off effects of dementia