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Hearing loss is negatively related to episodic and semantic long-term memory but not to short-term memory
Rönnberg J, Danielsson H, Rudner M, Arlinger S, Sternäng O, Wahlin A, Nilsson LG.. Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR, 2010-09-30
Topic: Brain imaging, connectivity and assessment
Purpose To test the relationship between degree of hearing loss and different memory systems in hearing aid users. Method Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to study the relationship between auditory and visual acuity and different cognitive and memory functions in an age-hetereogenous subsample of 160 hearing aid users without dementia, drawn from the Swedish prospective cohort aging study known as Betula (L.-G. Nilsson et al., 1997). Results Hearing loss was selectively and negatively related to episodic and semantic long-term memory (LTM) but not short-term memory (STM) performance. This held true for both ears, even when age was accounted for. Visual acuity alone, or in combination with auditory acuity, did not contribute to any acceptable SEM solution. Conclusions The overall relationships between hearing loss and memory systems were predicted by the ease of language understanding model (J. Rönnberg, 2003), but the exact mechanisms of episodic memory decline in hearing aid users (i.e., mismatch/disuse, attentional resources, or information degradation) remain open for further experiments. The hearing aid industry should strive to design signal processing algorithms that are cognition friendly.
Key findings
- Results Hearing loss was selectively and negatively related to episodic and semantic long-term memory (LTM) but not short-term memory (STM) performance.
- Conclusions The overall relationships between hearing loss and memory systems were predicted by the ease of language understanding model (J.
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Study details
- Study designprospective cohort
- Evidence strengthModerate
How this study scored 52/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal, and it is a prospective cohort study, followed forward from enrollment. Scored zero for sample size, effect reported, studied in people 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 multi-centre collaboration, so those were left out: it earned 30 of the 58 points we could judge it on, which is 52 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Study design | 7 / 12 | A prospective cohort study, followed forward from enrollment |
| 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 | 1 / 5 | 2011 — within 20 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| 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 | — / 3 | Institutions not listed — left out of this score |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 20884779) |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Points | 30 / 58 | Scored on 11 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 30 of the 58 points we could judge it on is 52 out of 100. |
| Total | 52 / 100 | — |
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APA 7th
Rönnberg, J., Danielsson, H., Rudner, M., Arlinger, S., Sternäng, O., Wahlin, A., et al. (2011). Hearing loss is negatively related to episodic and semantic long-term memory but not to short-term memory. Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR. https://doi.org/10.1044/1092-4388(2010/09-0088)
Vancouver
Rönnberg J, Danielsson H, Rudner M, Arlinger S, Sternäng O, Wahlin A, et al. Hearing loss is negatively related to episodic and semantic long-term memory but not to short-term memory. Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR. 2011. doi:10.1044/1092-4388(2010/09-0088). PMID: 20884779.
BibTeX
@article{ronnberg2011-20884779,
author = {Rönnberg, J. and Danielsson, H. and Rudner, M. and Arlinger, S. and Sternäng, O. and Wahlin, A. and Nilsson, L. G.},
title = {{Hearing loss is negatively related to episodic and semantic long-term memory but not to short-term memory}},
journal = {Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR},
year = {2011},
doi = {10.1044/1092-4388(2010/09-0088)},
pmid = {20884779},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1044/1092-4388(2010/09-0088)}
}
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