Self-Reported Hearing Loss, Hearing Aids, and XXXX in Elderly Adults: A 25-Year Study.

@entity1 @entity73 @entity393 @entity1032
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the association between @entity393 , hearing aid use, and @entity73 . DESIGN: Prospective population-based study. SETTING: Data gathered from the Personnes Ag  es QUID study, a cohort study begun in 1989-90. @entity1 : Individuals aged 65 and older (N = 3,670). MEASUREMENTS: At baseline, @entity393 was determined using a questionnaire assessing self-perceived @entity393 ; 137 subjects reported major @entity393 , 1,139 reported moderate problems (difficulty following the conversation when several @entity1 talk at the same time or in a noisy background), and 2,394 reported no hearing trouble. @entity73 was measured using the @entity1032 ( @entity1032 ), administered at follow-up visits over 25 years. RESULTS: Self-reported @entity393 was significantly associated with lower baseline @entity1032 score (b = -0.69, P < .001) and greater decline during the 25-year follow-up period (b = -0.04, P = .01) independent of age, sex, and education. A difference in the rate of change in @entity1032 score over the 25-year follow-up was observed between @entity1 with @entity393 not using hearing aids and controls (b = -0.06, P < .001). In contrast, subjects with @entity393 using a hearing aid had no difference in @entity73 (b = 0.07, P = .08) from controls. CONCLUSION: Self-reported @entity393 is associated with accelerated @entity73 in older adults; hearing aid use attenuates such decline.
