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Audiometric Age-Related Hearing Loss and Cognition in the Hispanic Community Health Study
Justin S Golub, Adam M Brickman, Adam J Ciarleglio, Nicole Schupf, José A Luchsinger. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 2020-02-14
Topic: Brain imaging, connectivity and assessment
The mean age was 58.4 years (SD = 6.2). A 20-dB (equivalent to a one-category worsening) increase in HL was associated with a -1.53 (95% CI, -2.11, -0.94) raw score point difference in the DSST, adjusting for demographics, hearing aid use, and cardiovascular disease. Similarly, a 20-dB increase in HL was associated with a -0.86 (-1.23, -0.49) point difference on the Word Frequency Test, -0.76 (-1.04, -0.47) on the SEVLT 3 trials, -0.45 (-0.60, -0.29) on the SELVT recall, and -0.07 (-0.12, -0.02) on the Six-Item Screener. In the largest study of formal, audiometric HL and cognition to date, HL was independently associated with worse performance in a range of neurocognitive measures. Because HL is common and potentially treatable, it should be investigated as a modifiable risk factor for neurocognitive decline and dementia.
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Golub, J. S., Brickman, A. M., Ciarleglio, A. J., Schupf, N., & Luchsinger, J. A. (2020). Audiometric Age-Related Hearing Loss and Cognition in the Hispanic Community Health Study. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glz119
Vancouver
Golub JS, Brickman AM, Ciarleglio AJ, Schupf N, Luchsinger JA. Audiometric Age-Related Hearing Loss and Cognition in the Hispanic Community Health Study. The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences. 2020. doi:10.1093/gerona/glz119. PMID: 31183502.
BibTeX
@article{golub2020-31183502,
author = {Golub, Justin S and Brickman, Adam M and Ciarleglio, Adam J and Schupf, Nicole and Luchsinger, José A},
title = {{Audiometric Age-Related Hearing Loss and Cognition in the Hispanic Community Health Study}},
journal = {The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences},
year = {2020},
doi = {10.1093/gerona/glz119},
pmid = {31183502},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glz119}
}
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Key findings
- A 20-dB (equivalent to a one-category worsening) increase in HL was associated with a -1.53 (95% CI, -2.11, -0.94) raw score point difference in the DSST, adjusting for demographics, hearing aid use, and cardiovascular disease.
- Similarly, a 20-dB increase in HL was associated with a -0.86 (-1.23, -0.49) point difference on the Word Frequency Test, -0.76 (-1.04, -0.47) on the SEVLT 3 trials, -0.45 (-0.60, -0.29) on the SELVT recall, and -0.07 (-0.12, -0.02) on the Six-Item Screener.
- In the largest study of formal, audiometric HL and cognition to date, HL was independently associated with worse performance in a range of neurocognitive measures.
- Because HL is common and potentially treatable, it should be investigated as a modifiable risk factor for neurocognitive decline and dementia.
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Study details
- Study designcross-sectional
- Participants5,277
- Evidence strengthModerate
How this study scored 61/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal, and it is a snapshot of people at one point in time. Scored zero for effect reported and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, cited by studies here, still being cited, senior author's track record, institution's track record and free to read, so those were left out: it earned 36 of the 59 points we could judge it on, which is 61 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Study design | 4 / 12 | A snapshot of people at one point in time |
| Strength of evidence | 3 / 5 | Rated “moderate” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 2 / 5 | 2020 — within 10 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 3 / 4 | 5,277 participants |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 3 / 3 | Studied in people (participant count stated) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | — / 7 | No citation count (not found in OpenAlex) — left out of this score |
| Citations per year | — / 5 | No citation count or no year — left out of this score |
| Impact for its field and year | — / 6 | No field-weighted citation impact (OpenAlex has none yet) — left out of this score |
| Cited by studies here | — / 6 | Not yet checked against this library's citation graph — left out of this score |
| Still being cited | — / 4 | No yearly citation counts — left out of this score |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | Senior author's record not available — left out of this score |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multi-centre collaboration | 2 / 3 | PubMed indexes it as a multicentre study |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 31183502) |
| Free to read | — / 2 | Access not recorded — left out of this score |
| Points | 36 / 59 | Scored on 11 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 36 of the 59 points we could judge it on is 61 out of 100. |
| Total | 61 / 100 | — |
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