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A randomized feasibility pilot trial of hearing treatment for reducing cognitive decline
— results from the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders Pilot Study | | Author(s) | Jennifer A Deal, Marilyn S Albert, Michael Arnold |
| Journal title | Alzheimer's and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions, Vol 3, No 3, September 2017 |
| Pages | pp 410-415 |
| Source | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352873... |
| Keywords | Hearing Impairment ; Cognitive impairment ; Audiology services ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Pilot ; Clinical surveys ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Although hearing loss (HL) is prevalent and independently related to cognitive decline and dementia, there has never been a randomised trial to test whether HL treatment could reduce cognitive decline in older adults. A 40-person (aged 70-84 years) pilot study in Washington County, MD, was conducted. Participants were randomised 1:1 to a best practices hearing or successful ageing intervention and followed for 6 months (clinicaltrials.gov Identifier: NCT02412254). The Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders Pilot (ACHIEVE-P) Study demonstrated feasibility in recruitment, retention and implementation of interventions, with no treatment-related adverse events. A clear efficacy signal of the hearing intervention was observed in perceived hearing handicap (mean of 0.11 to -1.29 standard deviation [SD] units; lower scores better) and memory (mean of -0.10 SD to 0.38 SD). ACHIEVE-P sets the stage for the full-scale ACHIEVE trial (N = 850, recruitment beginning November 2017), the first randomised trial to determine efficacy of a best practices hearing (vs. successful ageing) intervention on reducing cognitive decline in older adults with HL. (OFFPRINT) (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-180216002 A |
| Classmark | BV: E4: LA: DB: 4UC: 3G: 3J: 7T * |
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