Association of hearing loss to brain structure and cognition in the Framingham Heart Study

AAIC 2025 Abstract

Abstract

Background: Age‐related hearing loss is a potentially modifiable risk factor for cognitive impairment and dementia. We related a measure of the severity of hearing loss, the pure tone average (PTA) hearing threshold on audiometry, to measures of brain aging, vascular injury, cognitive function, and incident dementia outcomes.

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