Aim(s):
(i) To characterise patterns of hearing problems and of hearing aid use in NICOLA and to compare these patterns in a qualitative fashion with those found in TILDA.
(ii) To evaluate the cross-sectional relationship between hearing problems and cognitive functioning, using regression modelling.
(iii) To evaluate loneliness, social isolation, and social engagement as moderators of the putative relationship between hearing problems and cognitive functioning, using a structural equation modelling approach.
(iv) To understand, using semi-structured interviews, the impact of hearing decline in later life on social and cognitive functioning.
Disease area
Dementia (including Alzheimer's Disease and other dementias)
Field of research
Public Health
Principal Investigator/ Researcher Names
Dr. Joanna McHugh Power
Prof. Brian Lawlor
Prof. Frank Kee
Dr. David Loughrey
Prof. Jayne Woodside
Institution
Queen's University Belfast
Trinity College Dublin
Funding body
Centre for Ageing Research and Development in Ireland
Grant Awarded (€)
13,000
Start date
Project completed
No
End/expected end date
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