Objective Social isolation and loneliness are associated with increased mortality and higher
health care spending in older adults. Hearing loss is a common condition in older adults and …

Objectives Good social connection is associated with better health and wellbeing. However,
social connection has distinct considerations for people living in long-term care (LTC) …

Social isolation and loneliness are serious yet underappreciated public health risks that
affect a significant portion of the older adult population. Approximately one-quarter of …

Objective The present study tests whether loneliness is associated with risk of dementia in
the largest sample to date and further examines whether the association is independent of …

Objective To review the problems of social isolation, loneliness, and social vulnerability in
older adults and the associated risks, and to help primary care providers identify patients at …

Hearing loss is a modifiable risk factor for dementia in older adults. Whether hearing aid use
can delay the onset of cognitive decline is unknown. Participants in this study (aged 62–82 …

In older adults, hearing loss is independently associated with an increased rate of cognitive
decline, and has been identified to be a modifiable risk factor for dementia. The mechanism …

Background Before the COVID-19 pandemic, people with mobility, vision, hearing, and
cognitive disabilities were at a higher risk of lower psychosocial well-being than people …

Hearing helps us know where we are relative to important events and objects in our
environment and it allows us to track our changing position dynamically over space and …

There is robust evidence that sex (biological) and gender (behavioral/social) differences
influence hearing loss risk and outcomes. These differences are noted for animals and …