Hearing loss and loneliness in the development of impaired cognition and dementia in the US All of Us cohort: prospective analyses using electronic health records
Shuai Yang, David A Sbarra, Jingyue Wu, Yann C Klimentidis · 2026
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Hearing loss, loneliness, and dementia risk are linked in a United States cohort study by Shuai Yang and co-authors in work dated 2026. Health records covered more than three hundred thousand adults over near twelve years on average. Hearing loss was read from records, and loneliness from a survey scale. The team asked if loneliness carries part of the hearing-to-mind path.
Hearing loss tied to a clear rise in dementia and in weak cognition. Each step up in loneliness also tied to higher risk of both. Yet the share of the hearing effect that ran through loneliness was tiny. Most of the risk runs on other paths, the team finds.
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| CREATOR | Shuai Yang, David A Sbarra, Jingyue Wu, Yann C Klimentidis |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 53 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |