Conductive Hearing Loss Pathologies are Associated With Dementia in the All of Us Research Program
Cholesteatoma and TM perforation were associated with dementia in the All of Us Research Program. Treatment attenuates these relationships. Given the general implausibility for dementia to cause these CHL pathologies, reverse causation-that dementia causes hearing loss-is an unlikely explanation for the association. This study adds to the evidence that cognition is impacted by sensory deprivation but extends to correctable conductive causes.
Authors
- Michael W. Denham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0631-5997)
- Lauren H. Tucker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3247-6515)
- Richard Klaus Gurgel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9601-2628)
- Justin S. Golub (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2432-5291)
- Hannah N. W. Weinstein
- S. Dillon Powell
Institutions
- University of Utah (US)
- Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
- Columbia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Otolaryngology
- Published
- 2026-02-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ohn.70152
- Primary Topic
- Hearing Loss and Rehabilitation
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00