Cognitive Event-Related Potential Responses Differentiate Older Adults with and without Probable Mild Cognitive Impairment.

: Older adults rarely seek cognitive assessment, but often visit other healthcare professionals (e.g., audiologists).

The Role of Personality in a Regular Cognitive Monitoring Program.

Objectives: This study examines the role of personality in cognitive performance, adherence, and satisfaction with regular cognitive self-monitoring.

Materials And Methods: One hundred fifty-seven cognitively healthy older adults, age 55+, completed the 44-item Big-Five Inventory and were subsequently engaged in online monthly cognitive monitoring using the Cogstate Brief Battery for up to 35 months (M=14 mo, SD=7 mo). The test measures speed and accuracy in reaction time, visual learning, and working memory tasks.

Auditory Processing of Older Adults With Probable Mild Cognitive Impairment.

Purpose: Studies suggest that deficits in auditory processing predict cognitive decline and dementia, but those studies included limited measures of auditory processing. The purpose of this study was to compare older adults with and without probable mild cognitive impairment (MCI) across two domains of auditory processing (auditory performance in competing acoustic signals and temporal aspects of audition).

Method: The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (Nasreddine et al.

Mechanisms of the Hearing-Cognition Relationship.

This review provides a description of age-related changes in hearing and cognition, the relationship between hearing and cognition, and several potential mechanisms that underlie the relationship. Several studies have shown a significant relationship between peripheral hearing loss and cognitive impairment/decline but other studies have not. Furthermore, poor performance on measures of central auditory processing has been significantly associated with cognitive impairment.

Regular cognitive self-monitoring in community-dwelling older adults using an internet-based tool.

Introduction: Monitoring for various health conditions (e.g., breast cancer, hypertension) has become common practice.

Cortical auditory evoked responses of older adults with and without probable mild cognitive impairment.

Objective: Hearing loss has been well-documented as a risk factor for cognitive impairment, but the simple presence of hearing loss is not a sufficient predictor of cognitive decline. Although auditory behavioral research has not revealed an effective indicator of early cognitive impairment, a limited number of studies using cortical auditory evoked potentials (CAEPs) have shown promising evidence of an auditory neurophysiological indicator of early-stage cognitive impairment. The purpose of this study was to examine the P1-N1-P2 complex for indicators of cognitive impairment.

Peripheral Hearing and Cognition: Evidence From the Staying Keen in Later Life (SKILL) Study.

Objectives: Research has increasingly suggested a consistent relationship between peripheral hearing and selected measures of cognition in older adults. However, other studies yield conflicting findings. The primary purpose of the present study was to further elucidate the relationship between peripheral hearing and three domains of cognition and one measure of global cognitive status.