title: Hearing loss and cognitive decline in older adults: questions and answers.
abstract: The association between hearing impairment, the diagnosis of dementia, and the role of sensory therapy has been proposed for some time, but further research is needed. Current understanding of this association requires the commitment of those experts who can integrate experience and research from several fields to be able to understand the link from hearing to dementia. A workshop whose panelists included experts from many areas, ranging from ear, nose and throat (ENT) to dementia's specialists, was promoted and organized by the Giovanni Lorenzini Medical Science Foundation (Milan, Italy; Houston, TX, USA) to increase the awareness of the relationship between hearing loss and dementia, and included questions and comments following a presentation from the clinical researcher, Frank Lin, who has been evaluating the relationship between hearing loss and cognitive decline since 2009.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatrics, Neuroscience and Orthopaedics, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bernabei
authors.forename: Ubaldo
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Bonuccelli
authors.forename: Stefania
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maggi
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marengoni
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martini
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Memo
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pecorelli
authors.forename: Andrea P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Peracino
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Quaranta
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Stella
authors.forename: Frank R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology; D034381:Hearing Loss / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans