Shi Guo, Jiayao Xu, Menmen Wang, Hailati Akezhuoli, Xudong Zhou, Jingjing Lu
The effects of parent-child separation on the digital literacy of children and adolescents: A bidirectional perspective study
Heliyon
agerelated cognitive decline involves complex set factors among factors hearing loss considered significant impact effect hearing aid use remains unresolved purpose study evaluate effects hearing aid use simultaneously assessing various factors cognitive function also frailty anxiety depression quality life qol patients hearing loss crosssectional study hearing aid ha center conducted 2020 2021 initially associations cognitive function qol frailty mental state among patients hearing loss examined irrespective whether wore hearing aid next patients divided ha users using ha 1 year nonusers prior use ha 42 patients group average age 6frequency pure tone audiometry pta 745 65 years 506 121 db respectively participants filled questionnaire life style medical condition minimental state examination mmse cognitive function hospital anxiety depression scale mental state short form 36 version 2 sf36v2 qol kihon checklist frailty compared ha users nonusers correlated auditory data pta speech discrimination among 84 patients 40 mmse score 26 eight scores three components sf36v2 lower control group patients hypertension significantly ha user nonha user whereas difference diabetes heart attack stroke education although ha users older showed hypertension pta worse nonusers mmse scores different groups mmse scores correlated pta speech discrimination nonusers ha users however multivariate analysis effect ha use mmse scores adjusting age hypertension hearing loss could revealed vitality mental component summary sf36v2 better ha users nonusers elderly patients hearing loss cognitively impaired low qol ha users showed better qol score nonha user especially mental condition absence correlation mmse scores hearing loss ha users suggests potential use ha preventing cognitive decline