Altered verbal fluency processes in older adults with age-related hearing loss

David G. Loughrey; Serguei V.S. Pakhomov; Brian A. Lawlor

doi:10.1016/j.exger.2019.110794

Altered verbal fluency processes in older adults with age-related hearing loss

David G. Loughrey, Serguei V.S. Pakhomov, Brian A. Lawlor

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Abstract

Epidemiological studies have linked age-related hearing loss (ARHL) with an increased risk of neurocognitive decline. Difficulties in speech perception with subsequent changes in brain morphometry, including regions important for lexical-semantic memory, are thought to be a possible mechanism for this relationship. This study investigated differences in automatic and executive lexical-semantic processes on verbal fluency tasks in individuals with acquired hearing loss. The primary outcomes were indices of automatic (clustering/word retrieval at start of task) and executive (switching/word retrieval after start of the task) processes from semantic and phonemic fluency tasks. To extract indices of clustering and switching, we used both manual and computerised methods. There were no differences between groups on indices of executive fluency processes or on any indices from the semantic fluency task. The hearing loss group demonstrated weaker automatic processes on the phonemic fluency task. Further research into differences in lexical-semantic processes with ARHL is warranted.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	110794
Journal	Experimental Gerontology
Volume	130
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exger.2019.110794
State	Published - Feb 2020

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We thank the participants for their generous support of this study. DGL was supported by the Global Brain Health Institute , Chime , the Irish Research Council and the Central Remedial Clinic . Initial funding to establish the Global Brain Health Institute was provided by the Atlantic Philanthropies . SVSP's work on automated verbal fluency assessment was supported in part by a grant from the United States Alzheimer's Association ( DNCFI-12-242985 ). Appendix A

Funding Information:
We thank the participants for their generous support of this study. DGL was supported by the Global Brain Health Institute, Chime, the Irish Research Council and the Central Remedial Clinic. Initial funding to establish the Global Brain Health Institute was provided by the Atlantic Philanthropies. SVSP's work on automated verbal fluency assessment was supported in part by a grant from the United States Alzheimer's Association (DNCFI-12-242985).

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© 2019 Elsevier Inc.

Keywords

Age-related hearing loss
Cognitive decline
Executive function
Fluency
Memory

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