Hearing Aid Use is Associated with Better Mini-Mental State Exam Performance

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 694-702

  Qian, Zhen Jason ^a   Wattamwar, Kapil ^a   Caruana, Francesco F ^a   Otter, Jenna ^a   Leskowitz, Matthew J ^a   Siedlecki, Barbara ^a   Spitzer, Jaclyn B ^a   Lalwani, Anil K ^a  

^a Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive function; hearing aids; Hearing loss; Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE); Part B (TMT B); Trail Making Test

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; TRAIL MAKING TEST; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEARING TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HEARING TESTS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS AND DEMENTIA TESTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84979671249     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2016.03.005     Document Type: Article

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