Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2018
Keywords
Clinical trials, Cognition, Dementia, Epidemiology, Hearing, Longitudinal study, Memory, Presbycusis
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trci.2018.08.007
Abstract
Introduction: Hearing impairment is highly prevalent and independently associated with cognitive decline. The Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders study is a multicenter randomized controlled trial to determine efficacy of hearing treatment in reducing cognitive decline in older adults. Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT03243422.
Methods: Eight hundred fifty participants without dementia aged 70 to 84 years with mild-to-moderate hearing impairment recruited from four United States field sites and randomized 1:1 to a best-practices hearing intervention or health education control. Primary study outcome is 3-year change in global cognitive function. Secondary outcomes include domain-specific cognitive decline, incident dementia, brain structural changes on magnetic resonance imaging, health-related quality of life, physical and social function, and physical activity.
Results: Trial enrollment began January 4, 2018 and is ongoing.
Discussion: When completed in 2022, Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders study should provide definitive evidence of the effect of hearing treatment versus education control on cognitive decline in community-dwelling older adults with mild-to-moderate hearing impairment.
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Citation / Publisher Attribution
Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions, v. 4, issue 1, p. 499-507
Scholar Commons Citation
Deal, Jennifer A.; Goman, Adele M.; Albert, Marilyn S.; Arnold, Michelle L.; Burgard, Sheila; Chisolm, Theresa; Couper, David; Glynn, Nancy W.; Gmelin, Theresa; Hayden, Kathleen M.; Mosley, Thomas; Pankow, James S.; Reed, Nicholas; Sanchez, Victoria; Sharrett, A. Richey; Thomas, Sonia D.; Coresh, Josef; and Lin, Frank R., "Hearing Treatment for Reducing Cognitive Decline: Design and Methods of the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders Randomized Controlled Trial" (2018). Communication Sciences and Disorders Sarasota Manatee Campus Faculty Publications. 14.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/csd_facpub_sm/14
