Medscape (3/2, Anderson) reported that “central hearing loss may share the same mechanism of neurodegeneration with cognitive decline,” research indicated. The 1,604-participant “study showed that patients with central hearing loss, or central presbycusis, were twice as likely to have mild cognitive impairment (MCI) as those with no hearing loss, but there was no association between age-related hearing loss, or peripheral presbycusis, and cognitive impairment.” The study is scheduled for presentation during the upcoming American Academy of Neurology 2018 Annual Meeting.
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