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The relationship between hearing loss and frailty in older adults at risk of cognitive decline: a cross-sectional study
Frontiers in aging, Vol.6, 1524186
2025
PMID: 40196726
Abstract
Objectives: To investigate the association between hearing loss and frailty among a group of older community volunteers with mild cognitive impairment.
Design: This study recruited 162 older community volunteers who have mild cognitive impairment and symmetric age-related hearing loss. Participants’ hearing ability (including peripheral hearing, hearing handicap and central auditory processing) and frailty status were assessed and analysed. An independent t-test was conducted to compare hearing performance between frail and non-frail groups.
Results: There were statistically significant differences between frail and non-frail groups for speech frequency hearing threshold, overall central auditory processing score and hearing handicap score, but not for high frequency hearing threshold.
Conclusion: Frail individuals exhibit poorer performance in peripheral and central hearing assessments, as well as in self-reported hearing handicap. Future randomised controlled trials are necessary to find out if the correction of hearing loss decreases the proportion of people affected by frailty in later life.
Details
- Title
- The relationship between hearing loss and frailty in older adults at risk of cognitive decline: a cross-sectional study
- Authors/Creators
- Rong Tian - The University of Western AustraliaOsvaldo P. Almeida - The University of Western AustraliaAndrew H. Ford - The University of Western AustraliaLeon Flicker - The University of Western AustraliaNicola T. Lautenschlager - The University of MelbourneSuzanne Robinson - Curtin UniversityMarshall Makate - Curtin UniversitySimone Pettigrew - Curtin UniversitySin Huey Lee - Ear Science Institute AustraliaIna Dorsheimer - Murdoch UniversityJessica M. Yiannos - Ear Science Institute AustraliaLibby Crawford - Ear Sci Inst Australia, Subiaco, WA, AustraliaDona M. P. Jayakody - Ear Science Institute Australia
- Publication Details
- Frontiers in aging, Vol.6, 1524186
- Publisher
- Frontiers Media SA
- Number of pages
- 9
- Grant note
- Rebecca L Cooper Foundation Ron and Peggy Bell Legacy Trust, WA Department of Health Research Translation Project Grant, RPH Research Foundation
- Identifiers
- 991005774733607891
- Copyright
- © 2025 Tian et al.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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