Hearing Impairment

Older Chinese adults with hearing, visual or dual sensory impairment had higher risk for CVD compared with those without sensory impairment, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Care partners of deaf and hard-of-hearing people with diabetes face several communication-related challenges that could be addressed through a specialized training program, according to two presenters.

Adults receiving teprotumumab for the treatment of thyroid eye disease experience a similar number of hearing-related adverse events as those not treated with teprotumumab, according to new data.

Early-onset vision loss may be associated with difficulty judging auditory distance, particularly close and middle distances, according to research published in Optometry and Vision Science.

The prevalence of ocular comorbidities among hearing-impaired children was significant and associated with male sex and type of hearing impairment, according to research conducted in Malawi and published in Clinical Optometry.

People with type 2 diabetes and a hearing or vision impairment have an elevated risk for myocardial infarction, stroke and all-cause mortality, according to study findings published in the Journal of Diabetes Investigation.

In 2019, more than 67 million adults in the U.S. reported having a disability, a 1% increase since the prevalence was last examined in 2016, according to findings published in JAMA Network Open.

Dual sensory impairment in vision and hearing increased the rate of dementia and cognitive decline over the course of a 6-year follow-up period, according to findings from a community-based elderly cohort study published in Neurology.

Tinnitus appears to be worsening in patients during the COVID-19 pandemic, including those who were and were not infected with the novel coronavirus, according to research published in Frontiers in Public Health.

Professional cardiology and geriatrics societies have expressed a need for risk-stratification tools specific to older adults, and researchers have now developed a model to predict 6-month mortality in seniors hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction.