Community-dwelling older adults with hearing loss experience greater decline in cognitive function over time than those with normal hearing

Commentary on: Lin FR, Yaffe K, Xia J, et al. Hearing loss and cognitive decline in older adults. JAMA Intern Med 2013;173:293–9.[OpenUrl][1][CrossRef][2][PubMed][3][Web of Science][4] As the world's ageing population increases, rates of incident vascular and Alzheimer-type dementias in the USA are projected to nearly triple from their 2010 levels by 2050.1 ARHL is also expected to increase sharply from the 48 million Americans who currently suffer from hearing loss.2 Demonstrating an independent association of ARHL with cognitive impairment and resultant dementia, as Lin and colleagues … [1]: {openurl}?query=rft.jtitle%253DJAMA%2BIntern%2BMed%26rft.volume%253D173%26rft.spage%253D293%26rft_id%253Dinfo%253Adoi%252F10.1001%252Fjamainternmed.2013.1868%26rft_id%253Dinfo%253Apmid%252F23337978%26rft.genre%253Darticle%26rft_val_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Ajournal%26ctx_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ver%253DZ39.88-2004%26url_ctx_fmt%253Dinfo%253Aofi%252Ffmt%253Akev%253Amtx%253Actx [2]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.1868&link_type=DOI [3]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=23337978&link_type=MED&atom=%2Febnurs%2F17%2F2%2F60.atom [4]: /lookup/external-ref?access_num=000319610400009&link_type=ISI