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Deafness and Cognition in Middle-aged Adults

RECRUITINGN/ASponsored by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Actively Recruiting
PhaseN/A
SponsorAssistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Started2022-05-24
Est. completion2027-05-24
Eligibility
Age45 Years – 64 Years
Healthy vol.Accepted

Summary

A mild cognitive impairment was observed in 50% of cochlear implant candidates aged 65 years and over, compared to 5-19% in general population. No studies analysed cognition in patients younger than 65 years. The aim of our study was to compare cognitive function between patients with severe and profound hearing loss and patients with normal hearing in patients aged 45 to 64 years.

Eligibility

Age: 45 Years – 64 YearsHealthy volunteers accepted
Inclusion Criteria:

* Cases: Patients aged between 45 to 64 years with severe to profound bilateral post-lingual sensorineural hearing loss with a maximum intelligibility of 70% (disyllabic words) in free-field silence with hearing aids at 60 dB SPL, current in french
* Controls: normal hearing subjects matched on age, sex and education level

Exclusion Criteria:

* Associated disability that prevents the tests from being performed
* Past and current history of neurological and psychiatric disorders including meningitis
* Psychotropic drug treatment
* Vulnerable subject

Conditions2

DepressionMild Cognitive Impairment in Middle-aged Adults

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