Visual and hearing impairments are associated with cognitive decline in older people

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<p class="first" id="d613136e108">highly prevalagent hearing and vision sensory impairments among older people may contribute to the risk of cognitive decline and pathological impairments including dementia.This study aims to determine whether single and dual sensory impairment (hearing and/or vision) are independently associated with cognitive decline among older adults and to describe cognitive trajectories according to their impairment pattern. </p>

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Journal

Title: Age and Ageing

Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)

ISSN (Print): 0002-0729

ISSN (Electronic): 1468-2834

Publication date Created: July 2018

Publication date Created: July 01 2018

Publication date Created: April 25 2018

Publication date Other: July 2018

Publication date (Print): July 01 2018

Publication date (Electronic): April 25 2018

Volume: 47

Issue: 4

Pages: 575-581

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[1 ]Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, Division of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology, School of Biological Sciences, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

[2 ]Sociology and Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research, University of Manchester, Humanities Bridgeford Street Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK

[3 ]Division of Human Communication, Development and Hearing, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK

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DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afy061

PubMed ID: 29697748

SO-VID: 83f47136-6693-47fe-aa10-01c63999e59a

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