RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN HEARING-LOSS AND COGNITION IN NORMALLY HEARING AGED PERSONS
RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN HEARING-LOSS AND COGNITION IN NORMALLY HEARING AGED PERSONS
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DOI：
10.1093/geronj/31.4.434
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发表时间：
1976-01-01
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WEISS, AD
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GRANICK, S;KLEBAN, MH;WEISS, AD
研究了2个独立选择的老年受试者样本，其听力在正常范围内，研究了轻度听力损失与认知功能之间的关系。一组有47名平均年龄71.5（SD 4.8）的男性，他们的健康状况良好。第二组由38名平均年龄75.9（SD 5.3）的女性组成，所有女性都有一些重要的物理病理。各种频率水平的听力损失（从125-8000 Hz）与认知测试（例如Wais [Wechsler成人智能量表]）的表现与年龄效应相关。结果表明，听力损失与在两个样本的智力措施上达到的分数之间存在实质性关联。言语类型测试比性能测试更广泛地显示这些关系。老年受试者在智力上可能比他们的测试表现更有能力，听力是评估其认知功能时要考虑的重要变量。
The relationships between mild hearing losses and cognitive functioning were studied for 2 independently selected samples of aged subjects whose hearing was within normal limits. One group had 47 males of mean age 71.5 (SD 4.8) who were selected for their excellent health status. The 2nd group consisted of 38 females of mean age 75.9 (SD 5.3), all of whom had some significant physical pathology. Hearing losses at various frequency levels (from 125-8000 Hz) were correlated with performance on cognitive tests such as the WAIS [Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale] with age effects then being partialled out. The results revealed substantial associations between hearing losses and scores achieved on the intellectual measures for both samples. Verbal type tests show these relationships much more extensively than the performance tests. Aged subjects may be more intellectually capable than their test performances suggest, and hearing is an important variable to be considered in the assessment of their cognitive functioning.