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Recruitment and baseline data of the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders (ACHIEVE) study: A randomized trial of a hearing loss intervention for reducing cognitive decline (2024)
Journal Article
Reed, N. S., Gravens‐Mueller, L., Huang, A. R., Goman, A. M., Mitchell, C. M., Arnold, M. L., …for the ACHIEVE Collaborative Research Group. (2024). Recruitment and baseline data of the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders (ACHIEVE) study: A randomized trial of a hearing loss intervention for reducing cognitive decline. Alzheimer's and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions, 10(1), Article e12453. https://doi.org/10.1002/trc2.12453

INTRODUCTION Hearing loss is highly prevalent among older adults and independently associated with cognitive decline. The Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders (ACHIEVE) study is a multicenter randomized control trial (partially nested wit... Read More about Recruitment and baseline data of the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders (ACHIEVE) study: A randomized trial of a hearing loss intervention for reducing cognitive decline.

Description of the Baseline Audiologic Characteristics of the Participants Enrolled in the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders Study (2024)
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Sanchez, V. A., Arnold, M. L., Betz, J. F., Reed, N. S., Faucette, S., Anderson, E., …for the ACHIEVE Collaborative Study. (2024). Description of the Baseline Audiologic Characteristics of the Participants Enrolled in the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders Study. American Journal of Audiology, 33(1), 122-138. https://doi.org/10.1044/2023_aja-23-00066

Purpose: The Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders (ACHIEVE) study is a randomized clinical trial designed to determine the effects of a best-practice hearing intervention versus a successful aging health education control intervention on... Read More about Description of the Baseline Audiologic Characteristics of the Participants Enrolled in the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders Study.

Hearing loss and cognition: A protocol for ensuring speech understanding before neurocognitive assessment (2023)
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Kolberg, E. R., Morales, E. E. G., Thallmayer, T. W., Arnold, M. L., Burgard, S., Chisolm, T. H., …ACHIEVE Collaborative Research Group. (in press). Hearing loss and cognition: A protocol for ensuring speech understanding before neurocognitive assessment. Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association, https://doi.org/10.1002/alz.13552

INTRODUCTION: Many neurocognitive evaluations involve auditory stimuli, yet there are no standard testing guidelines for individuals with hearing loss. The ensuring speech understanding (ESU) test was developed to confirm speech understanding and det... Read More about Hearing loss and cognition: A protocol for ensuring speech understanding before neurocognitive assessment.

Depression and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Older Adults With Hearing Loss in the ACHIEVE Study (2023)
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Huang, A. R., Reed, N. S., Deal, J. A., Arnold, M., Burgard, S., Chisolm, T., …ACHIEVE Collaborative Research Group. (in press). Depression and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Older Adults With Hearing Loss in the ACHIEVE Study. Journal of Applied Gerontology, https://doi.org/10.1177/07334648231212291

Hearing loss is associated with cognitive/physical health; less is known about mental health. We investigated associations between hearing loss severity, depression, and health-related quality of life among older adults with unaided hearing loss. Dat... Read More about Depression and Health-Related Quality of Life Among Older Adults With Hearing Loss in the ACHIEVE Study.

Loneliness and Social Network Characteristics Among Older Adults with Hearing Loss in the ACHIEVE Study (2023)
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Huang, A. R., Reed, N. S., Deal, J. A., Arnold, M., Burgard, S., Chisolm, T., …ACHIEVE Collaborative Research Group. (2024). Loneliness and Social Network Characteristics Among Older Adults with Hearing Loss in the ACHIEVE Study. Journals of Gerontology, Series A, 79(2), Article glad196. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glad196

Background: Hearing loss is linked to loneliness and social isolation, but evidence is typically based on self-reported hearing. This study quantifies the associations of objective and subjective hearing loss with loneliness and social network charac... Read More about Loneliness and Social Network Characteristics Among Older Adults with Hearing Loss in the ACHIEVE Study.

The use of home-based digital technology to support post-stroke upper limb rehabilitation: A scoping review (2023)
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Gebreheat, G., Goman, A., & Porter-Armstrong, A. (2024). The use of home-based digital technology to support post-stroke upper limb rehabilitation: A scoping review. Clinical Rehabilitation, 38(1), 60-71. https://doi.org/10.1177/02692155231189257

Objective. To identify, map and synthesize the extent and nature of existing studies on the use of home-based digital technology to support post-stroke upper limb rehabilitation. Data sources. A comprehensive literature search was completed between... Read More about The use of home-based digital technology to support post-stroke upper limb rehabilitation: A scoping review.

Hearing intervention versus health education control to reduce cognitive decline in older adults with hearing loss in the USA (ACHIEVE): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial (2023)
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Lin, F. R., Pike, J. R., Albert, M. S., Arnold, M., Burgard, S., Chisolm, T., …ACHIEVE Collaborative Research Group. (2023). Hearing intervention versus health education control to reduce cognitive decline in older adults with hearing loss in the USA (ACHIEVE): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial. Lancet, 402(10404), 786-797. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736%2823%2901406-x

Background Hearing loss is associated with increased cognitive decline and incident dementia in older adults. We aimed to investigate whether a hearing intervention could reduce cognitive decline in cognitively healthy older adults with hearing loss... Read More about Hearing intervention versus health education control to reduce cognitive decline in older adults with hearing loss in the USA (ACHIEVE): a multicentre, randomised controlled trial.

Individual Life-Course Socioeconomic Position and Hearing Aid Use in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (2021)
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Yi, J. S., Garcia Morales, E. E., Betz, J. F., Deal, J. A., Dean, L. T., Du, S., …Nieman, C. L. (2022). Individual Life-Course Socioeconomic Position and Hearing Aid Use in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Journals of Gerontology, Series A, 77(3), 647-655. https://doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glab273

Background To measure the association between individual life-course socioeconomic position (SEP) and hearing aid use, we examined childhood and adulthood socioeconomic variables collected at the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study base... Read More about Individual Life-Course Socioeconomic Position and Hearing Aid Use in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study.

Development and Critical Evaluation of a Condition-Specific Preference-Based Measure Sensitive to Binaural Hearing in Adults: The York Binaural Hearing–Related Quality-of-Life System (2021)
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Summerfield, A. Q., Kitterick, P. T., & Goman, A. M. (2022). Development and Critical Evaluation of a Condition-Specific Preference-Based Measure Sensitive to Binaural Hearing in Adults: The York Binaural Hearing–Related Quality-of-Life System. Ear and Hearing, 43(2), 379-397. https://doi.org/10.1097/aud.0000000000001101

Objectives: The widely-used generic preference-based measures of health-related quality of life—the EuroQol Descriptive System (EQ-5D) and the Health Utilities Index (HUI3)—are limited in their response to technologies that improve hearing. The EQ-... Read More about Development and Critical Evaluation of a Condition-Specific Preference-Based Measure Sensitive to Binaural Hearing in Adults: The York Binaural Hearing–Related Quality-of-Life System.

Association of Hearing Loss with Physical, Social, and Mental Activity Engagement (2021)
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Goman, A. M., Gao, T., Betz, J., Reed, N. S., Deal, J. A., Lin, F. R., & for the ACHIEVE-P Study Group, . (2021). Association of Hearing Loss with Physical, Social, and Mental Activity Engagement. Seminars in Hearing, 42(1), 59-65. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0041-1726001

This article aims to evaluate a hearing loss intervention versus an aging education intervention on activity engagement in the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders pilot (ACHIEVE-P). Forty adults (70–84 years) with hearing loss recruited f... Read More about Association of Hearing Loss with Physical, Social, and Mental Activity Engagement.

Prevalence of Asymmetric Hearing Among Adults in the United States (2020)
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Suen, J. J., Betz, J., Reed, N. S., Deal, J. A., Lin, F. R., & Goman, A. M. (2021). Prevalence of Asymmetric Hearing Among Adults in the United States. Otology and Neurotology, 42(2), e111-e113. https://doi.org/10.1097/mao.0000000000002931

Objective: To estimate the national prevalence of asymmetric hearing among adults through applying two distinct audiometric criteria. Study Design: National cross-sectional survey. Setting: Ambulatory examination centers within the Nation... Read More about Prevalence of Asymmetric Hearing Among Adults in the United States.

Long‐term Impact of Hearing Aid Provision or Cochlear Implantation on Hearing Handicap (2020)
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Kim, A. S., Betz, J. F., Nieman, C. L., Hoyer, M. R., Applebaum, J., Lin, F. R., & Goman, A. M. (2021). Long‐term Impact of Hearing Aid Provision or Cochlear Implantation on Hearing Handicap. Laryngoscope, 131(5), 1122-1126. https://doi.org/10.1002/lary.29175

Objectives/Hypothesis Previous research has shown hearing handicap to be reduced following hearing aid use or cochlear implantation in short-to-medium follow-up periods, yet the impact of interventions for hearing loss on hearing handicap in the lon... Read More about Long‐term Impact of Hearing Aid Provision or Cochlear Implantation on Hearing Handicap.

Sensory loss - hearing (2020)
Book Chapter
Goman, A., & Lin, F. (2020). Sensory loss - hearing. In C. Brayne, V. L. Feigin, L. J. Launer, & G. Logroscino (Eds.), Oxford Textbook of Neurologic and Neuropsychiatric Epidemiology (355-363). Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/med/9780198749493.003.0034

Hearing loss is a major public health issue. Hearing loss increases with age and nearly two-thirds of adults over the age of 70 have hearing loss. Epidemiologic studies have demonstrated that hearing loss in older adults is strongly and independently... Read More about Sensory loss - hearing.

Hearing loss and employment: a systematic review of the association between hearing loss and employment among adults (2020)
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Shan, A., Ting, J. S., Price, C., Goman, A. M., Willink, A., Reed, N. S., & Nieman, C. L. (2020). Hearing loss and employment: a systematic review of the association between hearing loss and employment among adults. Journal of Laryngology and Otology, 134(5), 387-397. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0022215120001012

Background Hearing loss affects over 1.3 billion individuals worldwide, with the greatest burden among adults. Little is known regarding the association between adult-onset hearing loss and employment. Methods Seven databases (PubMed, Embase, Co... Read More about Hearing loss and employment: a systematic review of the association between hearing loss and employment among adults.

Hearing Loss, Loneliness, and Social Isolation: A Systematic Review (2020)
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Shukla, A., Harper, M., Pedersen, E., Goman, A., Suen, J. J., Price, C., …Reed, N. S. (2020). Hearing Loss, Loneliness, and Social Isolation: A Systematic Review. Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 162(5), 622-633. https://doi.org/10.1177/0194599820910377

Objective. Social isolation and loneliness are associated with increased mortality and higher health care spending in older adults. Hearing loss is a common condition in older adults and impairs communication and social interactions. The objective o... Read More about Hearing Loss, Loneliness, and Social Isolation: A Systematic Review.

Reconsidering Individuals With Normal Hearing (2020)
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Powell, D. S., Deal, J. A., & Goman, A. M. (2020). Reconsidering Individuals With Normal Hearing. JAMA Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 146(1), 67. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaoto.2019.3372

Dementia, called the “greatest global challenge for health and social care in the 21st century,” (p2673) occurs in 47 million persons globally. This number is projected to triple by 2050. With no cure and no treatments to alter its natural history, p... Read More about Reconsidering Individuals With Normal Hearing.

Hearing Loss, Hearing Aid Use, and Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults—Findings from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Neurocognitive Study (ARIC-NCS) (2019)
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Shukla, A., Reed, N. S., Armstrong, N. M., Lin, F. R., Deal, J. A., & Goman, A. M. (2021). Hearing Loss, Hearing Aid Use, and Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults—Findings from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Neurocognitive Study (ARIC-NCS). Journals of Gerontology, Series B, 76(3), 518-523. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbz128

Objectives Investigate the cross-sectional association between hearing loss (HL), hearing aid use, and depressive symptoms in community-dwelling older adults. Method The analytic sample consisted of 3,188 participants (age range 71–94 years) in... Read More about Hearing Loss, Hearing Aid Use, and Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults—Findings from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Neurocognitive Study (ARIC-NCS).

Long-term subjective loneliness in adults after hearing loss treatment (2019)
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Applebaum, J., Hoyer, M., Betz, J., Lin, F. R., & Goman, A. M. (2019). Long-term subjective loneliness in adults after hearing loss treatment. International Journal of Audiology, 58(8), 464-467. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2019.1593523

Objective: While hearing loss is associated with loneliness, the long term impact of hearing loss interventions remains unknown. We investigated levels of loneliness in adults at baseline, 6-months, 1-year and 5-years after receiving a hearing aid (H... Read More about Long-term subjective loneliness in adults after hearing loss treatment.

Hearing loss in older adults - From epidemiological insights to national initiatives (2018)
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Goman, A. M., & Lin, F. R. (2018). Hearing loss in older adults - From epidemiological insights to national initiatives. Hearing Research, 369, 29-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heares.2018.03.031

The broader implications of hearing loss for the health and functioning of older adults have begun to be demonstrated in epidemiologic studies. These research findings on the association between hearing loss and poorer health outcomes have formed the... Read More about Hearing loss in older adults - From epidemiological insights to national initiatives.

Hearing Loss Among Older Adults With Heart Failure in the United States: Data From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2018)
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Sterling, M. R., Lin, F. R., Jannat-Khah, D. P., Goman, A. M., Echeverria, S. E., & Safford, M. M. (2018). Hearing Loss Among Older Adults With Heart Failure in the United States: Data From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. JAMA Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 144(3), 273. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaoto.2017.2979

Hearing loss is common among older adults in the United States1 and is associated with coronary heart disease and its risk factors.2 Yet, the prevalence of hearing loss among adults with heart failure (HF) has not been well described. Heart failur... Read More about Hearing Loss Among Older Adults With Heart Failure in the United States: Data From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

Hearing treatment for reducing cognitive decline: Design and methods of the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders randomized controlled trial (2018)
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Deal, J. A., Goman, A. M., Albert, M. S., Arnold, M. L., Burgard, S., Chisolm, T., …ACHIEVE Investigators. (2018). Hearing treatment for reducing cognitive decline: Design and methods of the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders randomized controlled trial. Alzheimer's and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions, 4(1), 499-507. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trci.2018.08.007

Introduction Hearing impairment is highly prevalent and independently associated with cognitive decline. The Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders study is a multicenter randomized controlled trial to determine efficacy of hearing treatmen... Read More about Hearing treatment for reducing cognitive decline: Design and methods of the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders randomized controlled trial.

The Economic Impact of Adult Hearing Loss: A Systematic Review (2017)
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Huddle, M. G., Goman, A. M., Kernizan, F. C., Foley, D. M., Price, C., Frick, K. D., & Lin, F. R. (2017). The Economic Impact of Adult Hearing Loss: A Systematic Review. JAMA Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 143(10), 1040. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaoto.2017.1243

Importance Hearing impairment (HI) is highly prevalent in older adults and has been associated with adverse health outcomes. However, the overall economic impact of HI is not well described. Objective The goal of this review was to summarize... Read More about The Economic Impact of Adult Hearing Loss: A Systematic Review.

Addressing Estimated Hearing Loss in Adults in 2060 (2017)
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Goman, A. M., Reed, N. S., & Lin, F. R. (2017). Addressing Estimated Hearing Loss in Adults in 2060. JAMA Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, 143(7), 733. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamaoto.2016.4642

Hearing loss is a major public health issue independently associated with higher health care costs, accelerated cognitive decline, and poorer physical functioning. More than two-thirds of adults 70 years or older in the United States have clinically... Read More about Addressing Estimated Hearing Loss in Adults in 2060.

A randomized feasibility pilot trial of hearing treatment for reducing cognitive decline: Results from the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders Pilot Study (2017)
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Deal, J. A., Albert, M. S., Arnold, M., Bangdiwala, S. I., Chisolm, T., Davis, S., …Lin, F. R. (2017). A randomized feasibility pilot trial of hearing treatment for reducing cognitive decline: Results from the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders Pilot Study. Alzheimer's and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions, 3(3), 410-415. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trci.2017.06.003

Introduction Hearing loss (HL) is prevalent and independently related to cognitive decline and dementia. There has never been a randomized trial to test if HL treatment could reduce cognitive decline in older adults. Methods A 40-person (aged 70... Read More about A randomized feasibility pilot trial of hearing treatment for reducing cognitive decline: Results from the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders Pilot Study.

Prevalence of Hearing Loss by Severity in the United States (2016)
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Goman, A. M., & Lin, F. R. (2016). Prevalence of Hearing Loss by Severity in the United States. American Journal of Public Health, 106(10), 1820-1822. https://doi.org/10.2105/ajph.2016.303299

Objectives. To estimate the age- and severity-specific prevalence of hearing impairment in the United States. Methods. We conducted cross-sectional analyses of 2001 through 2010 data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey on 964... Read More about Prevalence of Hearing Loss by Severity in the United States.

Physiological Evidence for a Midline Spatial Channel in Human Auditory Cortex (2016)
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Briley, P. M., Goman, A. M., & Summerfield, A. Q. (2016). Physiological Evidence for a Midline Spatial Channel in Human Auditory Cortex. Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology, 17(4), 331-340. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10162-016-0571-y

Studies with humans and other mammals have provided support for a two-channel representation of horizontal (“azimuthal”) space in the auditory system. In this representation, location-sensitive neurons contribute activity to one of two broadly tuned... Read More about Physiological Evidence for a Midline Spatial Channel in Human Auditory Cortex.

Asymmetries in the representation of space in the human auditory cortex depend on the global stimulus context (2016)
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Briley, P. M., Goman, A. M., & Summerfield, A. Q. (2016). Asymmetries in the representation of space in the human auditory cortex depend on the global stimulus context. NeuroReport, 27(4), 242-246. https://doi.org/10.1097/wnr.0000000000000527

Studies on humans and other mammals have provided evidence for a two-channel or three-channel representation of horizontal space in the auditory system, with one channel maximally responsive to each of the left hemispace, the right hemispace and, pos... Read More about Asymmetries in the representation of space in the human auditory cortex depend on the global stimulus context.

The AB-York crescent of sound: An apparatus for assessing spatial-listening skills in children and adults (2011)
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Kitterick, P. T., Lovett, R. E. S., Goman, A. M., & Summerfield, A. Q. (2011). The AB-York crescent of sound: An apparatus for assessing spatial-listening skills in children and adults. Cochlear Implants International, 12(3), 164-169. https://doi.org/10.1179/146701011x13049348987832

Modern health services need efficient tools for measuring outcomes from interventions, that is, tools of proven efficacy which make minimal demands on the time of clinicians in learning to administer tests and in interpreting results. This paper desc... Read More about The AB-York crescent of sound: An apparatus for assessing spatial-listening skills in children and adults.