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"Bruce H" Authored Publications:

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1 Sex-Related Differences in the Associations Between Montreal Cognitive Assessment Scores and Pure-Tone Measures of Hearing Al-Yawer F; Bruce H; Li KZH; Pichora-Fuller MK; Phillips NA; 35226818
PERFORM
2 The Effects of Age and Hearing Loss on Dual-Task Balance and Listening. Bruce H, Aponte D, St-Onge N, Phillips N, Gagné JP, Li KZH 28486677
PERFORM

 

Title:Sex-Related Differences in the Associations Between Montreal Cognitive Assessment Scores and Pure-Tone Measures of Hearing
Authors:Al-Yawer FBruce HLi KZHPichora-Fuller MKPhillips NA
Link:https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35226818/
DOI:10.1044/2021_AJA-21-00131
Publication:American journal of audiology
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PMID:35226818 Category: Date Added:2022-03-01
Dept Affiliation: PERFORM
1 Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
2 Center for Research in Human Development (CRDH), Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
3 Centre for Research on Brain, Language & Music (CRBLM), McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
4 PERFORM Centre, Concordia University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
5 Department of Psychology, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.
6 Department of Gerontology and Gerontology Research Centre, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
7 Rotman Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
8 Bloomfield Centre for Research in Aging, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research/Jewish General Hospital/McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Description:

Purpose: Hearing loss (HL) is associated with cognitive performance in older adults, including performance on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a brief cognitive screening test. Yet, despite well-established sex-related differences in both hearing and cognition, very few studies have tested whether there are sex-related differences in auditory-cognitive associations.

Method: In the current cross-sectional retrospective analysis, we examined sex-related differences in hearing and cognition in 193 healthy older adults (M = 69 years, 60% women). Hearing was measured using audiometry (pure-tone average [PTA] of thresholds at 500, 1000, 2000, and 4000 Hz in the worse ear). Cognition was assessed using the MoCA. Additionally, we calculated MoCA scores with hearing-dependent subtests excluded from scoring (MoCA-Modified).

Results: Men and women did not differ in age, education, or history of depression. Women had better hearing than men. Women with normal hearing were more likely to pass the MoCA compared with their counterparts with HL. In contrast, the likelihood of passing the MoCA did not depend on hearing status in men. Linear regression analysis showed an interaction between sex and PTA in the worse ear. PTAs were significantly correlated with both MoCA and MoCA-Modified scores in women, whereas this was not observed in the men.

Conclusions: This study is one of the first to demonstrate significant sex-related differences in auditory-cognitive associations even when hearing-related cognitive test items are omitted. Potential mechanisms underlying these female-specific effects are discussed.

Supplemental material: https://doi.org/10.23641/asha.19233297.





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