TY - JOUR T1 - Community-dwelling older adults with hearing loss experience greater decline in cognitive function over time than those with normal hearing JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 60 LP - 61 DO - 10.1136/eb-2013-101375 VL - 17 IS - 2 AU - Aimee M Surprenant AU - Roberta DiDonato Y1 - 2014/04/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/17/2/60.abstract N2 - 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.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science Age-related hearing loss (ARHL) is associated with cognitive decline. Early identification and remediation may offset or delay the onset of incident dementia. Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) of interventions including counselling, hearing aids, cognitive training and social support will elucidate best practice. Even mild ARHL should not be ignored. 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 … ER -