Is association between hearing loss, impaired cognition present earlier

What The Study Did:

Researchers in this observational study looked at whether the association between hearing loss and cognitive impairment is present at earlier levels of hearing loss than previously believed.

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Justin S. Golub, M.D., M.S., of New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York, is the corresponding author.

(doi:10.1001/jamaoto.2019.3375)

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