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Hearing, cognition, and healthy aging: Social and public health implications of the links between age-related declines in hearing and cognition.

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Mick, Paul, Reed, Marilyn, Pichora-Fuller, M.·2015·Seminars in Hearing

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Sensory input provides the signals used by the brain when listeners understand speech and participate in social activities with other people in a range of everyday situations. When sensory inputs are diminished, there can be short-term consequences to brain functioning, and long-term deprivation can affect brain neuroplasticity. Indeed, the association between hearing loss and cognitive declines in older adults is supported by experimental and epidemiologic evidence, although the causal mechanisms remain unknown. These interactions of auditory and cognitive aging play out in the challenges confronted by people with age-related hearing problems when understanding speech and engaging in social interactions. In the present article, we use the World Health Organization's International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health and the Selective Optimization with Compensation models to highlight the importance of adopting a healthy aging perspective that focuses on facilitating active social participation by older adults. First, we examine epidemiologic evidence linking ARHL to cognitive declines and other health issues. Next, we examine how social factors influence and are influenced by auditory and cognitive aging and if they may provide a possible explanation for the association between ARHL and cognitive decline. Finally, we outline how audiologists could reposition hearing health care within the broader context of healthy aging.

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Authors
Mick, P., Reed, M., & Pichora-Fuller, M.
Affiliations
  • University of British Columbia (CA)
  • Baycrest Academy for Research and Education (CA)
  • University Health Network (CA)
Venue
Seminars in Hearing
Published
2015-07-09
Volume
36
Issue
03
Pages
122-139
ISSN
  • 0734-0451 (ISSN-L)
  • 1098-8955
OpenAlex
W2404559385
Cited by
138
References
179
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FWCI
3.41
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Seminars in Hearing (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Sensory Systems › Hearing, Cochlea, Tinnitus, Genetics
Keywords
age-related hearing loss, cognitive decline, healthy aging, auditory aging, cognitive aging, social participation (health and rehabilitation), neuroplasticity, selective optimization with compensation, International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, older adults, speech understanding, social factors, hearing care

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