{"id":5966,"date":"2023-10-30T16:47:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-30T16:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sfaudiology.com\/?p=5966"},"modified":"2023-10-30T16:47:03","modified_gmt":"2023-10-30T16:47:03","slug":"new-study-finds-hearing-aids-can-slow-cognitive-decline-in-older-adults","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sfaudiology.com\/new-study-finds-hearing-aids-can-slow-cognitive-decline-in-older-adults\/","title":{"rendered":"New Study Finds Hearing Aids Can Slow Cognitive Decline in Older Adults"},"content":{"rendered":"

According to a recent clinical trial, when older adults with risk factors for cognitive decline wore hearing aids over three years, they slowed their loss of thinking and memory abilities by 48%.1<\/sup><\/p>\n

Study Details<\/h2>\n

The Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders (ACHIEVE) study followed adults aged 70\u201384 with untreated mild to moderate hearing loss who had no substantial cognitive issues.<\/p>\n

Study participants came from two sources\u20141) those enrolled in a long-standing observational study of heart health (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities [ARIC] study) and 2) healthy community volunteers.<\/p>\n

For three years, participants received either a hearing intervention, which included hearing aids, a hearing self-management toolkit and counseling from an audiologist, or a control intervention of individual health education sessions.<\/p>\n

While the hearing intervention did not reduce cognitive decline in the total population, the method did slow cognitive decline by 48% for those in the ARIC study.<\/p>\n

Researchers noted that the ARIC subgroup had more risk factors for cognitive decline.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe hearing intervention had a significant effect on reducing cognitive change within three years in the population of older adults in the study who are at increased risk for cognitive decline,\u201d\u00a0said Frank Lin, M.D., Ph.D., and co-principal investigator of the ACHIEVE study.1<\/sup><\/p>\n

\u201cHearing loss is very treatable in later life, which makes it an important public health target to reduce risk of cognitive decline and dementia, along with other dementia risk factors such as less education in early life, high blood pressure, social isolation and physical inactivity,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

However, the hearing intervention positively affected other aspects of the entire cohort\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn both the ARIC group and the new group of community volunteers, we also found that the hearing intervention improved communication abilities, social functioning and loneliness,\u201d Lin said. \u201cUntil we know more, we recommend for general health and well-being that older adults have their hearing checked regularly and any hearing issues properly addressed.\u201d2<\/sup><\/p>\n

Need a hearing checkup? Call (415) 362-29907 for an appointment.<\/p>\n

1 USF Health. (2023). Hearing aids slow cognitive decline in older adults with hearing loss and at risk for cognitive decline. https:\/\/hscweb3.hsc.usf.edu\/blog\/2023\/07\/18\/hearing-aids-slow-cognitive-decline-in-older-adults-with-hearing-loss-and-at-risk-for-cognitive-decline\/<\/p>\n

2 Alzheimer\u2019s Association. (2023). Hearing aids slow cognitive decline in older adults with hearing loss and at risk for cognitive decline. https:\/\/aaic.alz.org\/releases_2023\/hearing-aids-slow-cognitive-decline.asp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

According to a recent clinical trial, when older adults with risk factors for cognitive decline wore hearing aids over three years, they slowed their loss of thinking and memory abilities by 48%.1 Study Details The Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders (ACHIEVE) study followed adults aged 70\u201384 with untreated mild to moderate hearing loss…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":"","locid":"","rating":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5966"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5966"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sfaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5969,"href":"https:\/\/sfaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5966\/revisions\/5969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sfaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sfaudiology.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}