Hearing impairment

Intervention1 paper1 finding

Humans1

Associations

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Cognitive impairment no dementia

upin humans1HR 1.16Low certainty

1 study

Hearing impairment raises the risk of cognitive impairment no dementia in humans (HR 1.16 (95% CI, 1.07-1.25)).
Humanscompared with no sensory impairment
Sensory impairment and cognitive-state transitions in middle-aged and older adults: a multistate Markov analysis of the health and retirement study · Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 7 Sep 2026

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Funding

National Institute on AgingUS$200.3k1 grant since 2025

An emerging Alzheimer's disease risk factor: An investigation of hearing impairment, hippocampal function, and memory in middle-aged and older adults
National Institute on AgingUniversity of California, San DiegoUS$200.3k2025–2028

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Frontiers in Aging NeuroscienceHumans22 Sep

Sensory impairment and cognitive-state transitions in middle-aged and older adults: a multistate Markov analysis of the health and retirement study