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Hearing Treatment for Reducing Cognitive Decline: Design and Methods of the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders Randomized Controlled Trial

  • Jennifer A. Deal
  • , Adele M. Goman
  • , Marilyn S. Albert
  • , Michelle L. Arnold
  • , Sheila Burgard
  • , Theresa Chisolm
  • , David Couper
  • , Nancy W. Glynn
  • , Theresa Gmelin
  • , Kathleen M. Hayden
  • , Thomas Mosley
  • , James S. Pankow
  • , Nicholas Reed
  • , Victoria Sanchez
  • , A. Richey Sharrett
  • , Sonia D. Thomas
  • , Josef Coresh
  • , Frank R. Lin

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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.

Original languageAmerican English
JournalAlzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions
Volume4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 1 2018

Keywords

  • Clinical trials
  • Cognition
  • Dementia
  • Epidemiology
  • Hearing
  • Longitudinal study
  • Memory
  • Presbycusis

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