Does cognitive function in older adults with hearing impairment improve by hearing aid use?

International Journal of Audiology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 265-271

  Van Hooren, S A H ^a   Anteunis, L J C ^a,b   Valentijn, S A M ^a   Bosma, H ^a   Ponds, R W H M ^a   Jolles, J ^a   Van Boxtel, M P J ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive functioning; Community dwelling individuals; Hearing aid use

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; COGNITION; CONCEPT SHIFTING TASK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRONINGEN INTELLIGENCE TEST; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LETTER DIGIT SUBSTITUTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROOP COLOR WORD TEST; VERBAL FLUENCY TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL VERBAL LEARNING TEST;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; AUDIOMETRY, SPEECH; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 21344453541     PISSN: 14992027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14992020500060370     Document Type: Article

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