Objectives: To evaluate the peripheral hearing sensitivity and central auditory processing in persons with HIV (PWH) and persons without HIV (PWoH); and the association between cognitive function and central auditory processing in PWH and PWoH.

Design: Cross-sectional, observational study.

Methods: Participants included 67 PWH {70.2% men; mean age = 66.6 years [standard deviation (SD) = 4.7 years]} and 35 PWoH [51.4% men; mean age = 72.9 years (SD = 7.0 years)]. Participants completed a hearing assessment and a central auditory processing assessment that included dichotic digits testing (DDT). Pure-tone air-conduction thresholds were obtained at octave frequencies from 0.25 through 8 kHz. A pure-tone average (PTA) was calculated from 0.5, 1, 2, and 4 kHz thresholds for each ear. Participants also completed a neuropsychological battery assessing cognition in seven domains.

Results: PWH had slightly lower (i.e. better) PTAs compared with PWoH, but this was not statistically significant. Conversely, PWH and PWoH had similar DDT results for both ears. Poorer verbal fluency, learning, and working memory performance was significantly related to lower DDT scores, and those defined as having verbal fluency, learning, and working memory impairment had significantly poorer DDT scores (8-18% lower) in both ears.

Conclusion: Hearing and DDT results were similar in PWH and PWoH. The relationship between verbal fluency, learning, and working memory impairment and poorer DDT results did not differ by HIV serostatus. Clinicians, particularly audiologists, should be mindful of cognitive functioning abilities when evaluating central auditory processing.

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