Article ; Online: Distinct disease mechanisms may underlie cognitive decline related to hearing loss in different age groups.
Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry
2023 Volume 94, Issue 4, Page(s) 314–320
Abstract: Background: Hearing loss in older adults is associated with increased dementia risk. Underlying mechanisms that connect hearing loss with dementia remain largely unclear.: Methods: We studied the association of hearing loss and biomarkers for ... ...
Abstract | Background: Hearing loss in older adults is associated with increased dementia risk. Underlying mechanisms that connect hearing loss with dementia remain largely unclear. Methods: We studied the association of hearing loss and biomarkers for dementia risk in two age groups with normal cognition: 65 participants from the European Medical Information Framework (EMIF)-Alzheimer's disease (AD) 90+ study (oldest-old; mean age 92.7 years, 56.9% female) and 60 participants from the EMIF-AD PreclinAD study (younger-old; mean age 74.4, 43.3% female). Hearing function was tested by the 'digits-in-noise test' and cognition by repeated neuropsychological evaluation. Regressions and generalised estimating equations were used to test the association of hearing function and PET-derived amyloid burden, and linear mixed models were used to test the association of hearing function and cognitive decline. In the oldest-old group, mediation analyses were performed to study whether cognitive decline is mediated through regional brain atrophy. Results: In oldest-old individuals, hearing function was not associated with amyloid pathology (p=0.7), whereas in the younger-old individuals hearing loss was associated with higher amyloid burden (p=0.0034). In oldest-old individuals, poorer hearing was associated with a steeper decline in memory, global cognition and language, and in the younger-old with steeper decline in language only. The hippocampus and nucleus accumbens mediated the effects of hearing loss on memory and global cognition in the oldest-old individuals. Conclusions: Hearing loss was associated with amyloid binding in younger-old individuals only, and with cognitive decline in both age groups. These results suggest that mechanisms linking hearing loss with risk for dementia depends on age. |
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MeSH term(s) | Humans ; Female ; Aged ; Aged, 80 and over ; Male ; Alzheimer Disease/pathology ; Cognitive Dysfunction/pathology ; Cognition ; Neuropsychological Tests ; Hearing Loss/complications ; Hearing Loss/epidemiology ; Amyloid beta-Peptides/metabolism |
Chemical Substances | Amyloid beta-Peptides |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2023-01-13 |
Publishing country | England |
Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
ZDB-ID | 3087-9 |
ISSN | 1468-330X ; 0022-3050 |
ISSN (online) | 1468-330X |
ISSN | 0022-3050 |
DOI | 10.1136/jnnp-2022-329726 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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