Initiation of Hearing Aids Use and Incident Dementia Among Mid-to-late Life Adults: The Health and Retirement Study 2010-2018.

Jingkai Wei, Kun Li, Youngran Kim, Rahul Ghosal, Donglan Zhang, Anwar T Merchant, Casey Crump

Department of Family and Community Medicine, McGovern Medical School, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA. · pubmed

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Abstract

Hearing aids may reduce the risk of dementia among individuals with hearing loss. However, no evidence is available from randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on the effectiveness of hearing aids use in reducing incident dementia. Using target trial emulation, we leveraged an existing longitudinal cohort study to estimate the association between hearing aids initiation and risk of dementia.

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Research summary

The paper investigates the association between hearing aid use and the risk of dementia, which is relevant to aging and age-related diseases. However, it primarily focuses on a symptomatic treatment rather than addressing the root causes of aging or dementia. The findings may contribute to understanding the relationship between sensory impairment and cognitive decline, but the impact is limited as it does not provide groundbreaking insights or solutions to aging itself.

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