Population Attributable Fraction of Incident Dementia Associated With Hearing Loss
This cohort study suggests that treating hearing loss might delay dementia for a large number of older adults. Public health interventions targeting clinically significant audiometric hearing loss might have broad benefits for dementia prevention. Future research quantifying population attributable fractions should carefully consider which measures are used to define hearing loss, as self-reporting may underestimate hearing-associated dementia risk.
Authors
- A. Richey Sharrett
- Jennifer A. Deal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6985-048X)
- Jonathan J. Suen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3658-7459)
- James Russell Pike (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6858-620X)
- Danielle S. Powell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3447-4450)
- Emily A. Burg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-4229-749X)
- Kening Jiang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4532-4469)
- Nicholas Simon Reed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0410-6067)
- Pamela L. Lutsey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1572-1340)
- Alison Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0193-1133)
- Jason R. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9764-5849)
- Emily Ishak
- Josef Coresh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4598-0669)
- Pablo Martinez Amezcua
Institutions
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
- New York University (US)
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
- Published
- 2025-04-17
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaoto.2025.0192
- Citations
- 21
- Primary Topic
- Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 30.05