Peripheral hearing and cognition: Evidence from the staying keen in later life (SKILL) study

Ear and Hearing

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 395-407

  Harrison Bush, Aryn L ^a   Lister, Jennifer J ^a   Lin, Frank R ^b   Betz, Joshua ^c,d   Edwards, Jerri D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Center on Aging and Health   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognition; Hearing loss; Peripheral hearing

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROOP TEST; TRAIL MAKING TEST; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STROOP TEST; TRAIL MAKING TEST;

EID: 84936986029     PISSN: 01960202     EISSN: 15384667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AUD.0000000000000142     Document Type: Article

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