TY - JOUR
T1 - Subjective hearing handicap is associated with processing speed and visuospatial performance in older adults without severe hearing handicap
AU - Kawata, Natasha Y.S.
AU - Nouchi, Rui
AU - Saito, Toshiki
AU - Kawashima, Ryuta
N1 - Funding Information:
This study is also supported by JSPS KAKENHI ; Japan Grant Number 19H05003 (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas) and 19H01760 (Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)). R.N was supported by JSPS Leading Initiative for Excellent Young Researchers (LEADER) program. None of the funding sources had any involvement in the study design, collection, analysis, interpretation of data, or the writing of the paper.
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PY - 2021/12
Y1 - 2021/12
N2 - Objective: Age-related hearing loss is a common disorder with significant consequences for quality of life. This study assessed the Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly (HHIE) and cognition (Mini Mental State Exam; MMSE, Logical Memory; LM, Symbol Search; SS, Stroop Test; ST, and Mental Rotation; MR) to investigate which cognitive domains are most strongly involved with hearing self-assessment in older adults. Methods: The HHIE and cognitive measures were administered to 196 older adults (average age = 67.7 ± 4.3 years, male 56, female 140) without cognitive impairment and without severe hearing handicap. We conducted permutation tests of multiple regression analysis of the standardized scores on the HHIE and cognitive tests. Results: HHIE showed a significant negative correlation between processing speed performance on the SS (standardized β = −0.095, adjusted p = 0.04) and visuospatial performance on the MR (standardized β = −0.145, adjusted p = 0.04), and no correlation between the scores of the HHIE and either episodic memory performance on the LM (standardized β = 0.060, adjusted p = 0.22) or executive function performance on the ST (standardized β = 0.053, adjusted p = 0.32). Conclusion: People reporting higher hearing handicaps should watch for poor cognitive function in processing speed and visuospatial abilities. These results imply that higher HHIE can have adverse effects on age-related cognitive decline.
AB - Objective: Age-related hearing loss is a common disorder with significant consequences for quality of life. This study assessed the Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly (HHIE) and cognition (Mini Mental State Exam; MMSE, Logical Memory; LM, Symbol Search; SS, Stroop Test; ST, and Mental Rotation; MR) to investigate which cognitive domains are most strongly involved with hearing self-assessment in older adults. Methods: The HHIE and cognitive measures were administered to 196 older adults (average age = 67.7 ± 4.3 years, male 56, female 140) without cognitive impairment and without severe hearing handicap. We conducted permutation tests of multiple regression analysis of the standardized scores on the HHIE and cognitive tests. Results: HHIE showed a significant negative correlation between processing speed performance on the SS (standardized β = −0.095, adjusted p = 0.04) and visuospatial performance on the MR (standardized β = −0.145, adjusted p = 0.04), and no correlation between the scores of the HHIE and either episodic memory performance on the LM (standardized β = 0.060, adjusted p = 0.22) or executive function performance on the ST (standardized β = 0.053, adjusted p = 0.32). Conclusion: People reporting higher hearing handicaps should watch for poor cognitive function in processing speed and visuospatial abilities. These results imply that higher HHIE can have adverse effects on age-related cognitive decline.
KW - Aging
KW - HHIE
KW - Older adults
KW - Processing speed
KW - Visuospatial
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U2 - 10.1016/j.exger.2021.111614
DO - 10.1016/j.exger.2021.111614
M3 - Article
C2 - 34728338
AN - SCOPUS:85118485118
VL - 156
JO - Experimental Gerontology
JF - Experimental Gerontology
SN - 0531-5565
M1 - 111614
ER -