The population attributable fraction of dementia from audiometric hearing loss among a nationally representative sample of community-dwelling older adults.
Jason R SmithAlison R HuangFrank R LinNicholas S ReedJennifer A DealPublished in: The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences (2023)
In a nationally representative sample of community-dwelling older adults in the US, 17% of dementia cases were attributable to moderate or greater audiometric HL, an estimate that is 8-fold higher relative to studies relying on self-reported hearing measures only.