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ReviewFrontiers in aging neuroscience2024

Sensorineural hearing loss and cognitive impairment: three hypotheses.

He Zhao, Yan Wang, Limei Cui, Hanjing Wang, Sha Liu, Tiantian Liang, Dawei Liu, Jingjing Qiu, Liang Chen, Yan Sun

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Review in Frontiers in aging neuroscience, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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16citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

He Zhao *The Second Medical College, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, Shandong, China.
Yan Wang *The Second Medical College, Binzhou Medical University, Yantai, Shandong, China.
Limei Cui *Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Qingdao University, Yantai, Shandong, China.
Hanjing WangDepartment of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Qingdao University, Yantai, Shandong, China.
Sha LiuDepartment of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Qingdao University, Yantai, Shandong, China.
Tiantian LiangDepartment of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Qingdao University, Yantai, Shandong, China.
Dawei LiuDepartment of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Qingdao University, Yantai, Shandong, China.
Jingjing QiuDepartment of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Qingdao University, Yantai, Shandong, China.
Liang ChenDepartment of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Qingdao University, Yantai, Shandong, China.
Yan SunDepartment of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Yantai Yuhuangding Hospital, Qingdao University, Yantai, Shandong, China.
Yuhuangding Hospital · CNQingdao University · CNBinzhou University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sensorineural hearing loss (SNHL) is a category of hearing loss that often leads to difficulty in understanding speech and other sounds. Auditory system dysfunction, including deafness and auditory trauma, results in cognitive deficits via neuroplasticity. Cognitive impairment (CI) refers to an abnormality in the brain's higher intellectual processes related to learning, memory, thinking and judgment that can lead to severe learning and memory deficits. Studies have established a strong correlation between SNHL and CI, but it remains unclear how SNHL contributes to CI. The purpose of this article is to describe three hypotheses regarding this relationship, the mainstream cognitive load hypothesis, the co-morbidity hypothesis, and the sensory deprivation hypothesis, as well as the latest research progress related to each hypothesis.

Indexed as

cognitive impairmentcognitive load hypothesisco-morbidity hypothesissensorineural hearing losssensory deprivation hypothesis

Identifiers

PMID38482343
PMCPMC10933048
OpenAlexW4392235892

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