Auditory threshold, phonologic demand, and incident dementia

Gallacher, John Edward ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2394-5299, Ilubaera, Victor, Ben-Shlomo, Yoav, Bayer, Antony James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7514-248X, Fish, Mark, Babisch, Wolfgang and Elwood, Peter Creighton 2012. Auditory threshold, phonologic demand, and incident dementia. Neurology 79 (15) , pp. 1583-1590. 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31826e263d

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Objective: This study was undertaken to investigate the association of auditory threshold with cognitive decline and dementia. Methods: The 1,057 surviving men of the Caerphilly cohort with audiometric data at baseline were followed for 17 years for cognitive outcomes. Pure-tone unaided audiometric threshold was assessed at 0.5, 1, 2, and 4 KHz at baseline and after 9 years. Incident dementia was assessed according to DSM-IV criteria, including standard criteria for vascular dementia and for Alzheimer disease. Cognitive decline was assessed by repeat administration of a cognitive test battery. Results: Mean age-adjusted auditory threshold across both time points was associated with incident dementia and cognitive decline. After adjustment for premorbid cognitive function, the association with dementia was retained (odds ratio0.5 KHz = 2.67; 95% confidence interval, 1.38–5.18; p = 0.004). Stronger associations with cognitive decline were found for tests administered by interview than for those administered by computer. Conclusions: This study has found an association of auditory threshold with dementia and cognitive decline over a 17-year period. The mechanisms underlying this association are unclear and may include a prodromal effect of dementia on auditory threshold, an effect of auditory threshold on cognitive assessment, an effect of auditory threshold on cognitive loss, or a shared etiologic pathway between both.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine Systems Immunity Research Institute (SIURI)
Subjects:	R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Publisher:	AAN Enterprises
ISSN:	0028-3878
Last Modified:	10 Jun 2023 01:14
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/43287

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