Efficacy of Hearing AIDS on the Cognitive Status of Patients with Alzheimer's Disease and Hearing Loss: A Multicenter Controlled Randomized Trial

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 123-137

  Nguyen, Marie France ^a   Bonnefoy, Marc ^a,b   Adrait, Arnaud ^a   Gueugnon, Marine ^c   Petitot, Charles ^a   Collet, Lionel ^d   Roux, Adeline ^c   Perrot, Xavier ^b,d  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^d EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; hearing aids; hearing loss; non pharmacological treatment; randomized controlled clinical trial

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ASSESSMENT SCALE COGNITIVE SUBSCALE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DELTA RHYTHM; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VERY ELDERLY; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUDIOMETRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPLICATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUDIOMETRY; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEARING AIDS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 85019121211     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-160793     Document Type: Article

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