Age-Related Hearing Loss, Brain Health, and Dementia
- 1st Edition - October 30, 2025
- Latest edition
- Editors: Helen E. Nuttall, Kate Slade, Christopher J. Plack
- Language: English
Age-Related Hearing Loss, Brain Health, and Dementia reviews the effects of hearing loss on the brain and examines the most up-to-date perspectives on the possible causal relati… Read more
Age-Related Hearing Loss, Brain Health, and Dementia reviews the effects of hearing loss on the brain and examines the most up-to-date perspectives on the possible causal relation between hearing loss and cognitive impairment. Through this synthesis, the book explores the links between hearing loss and the brain to improve understanding and promote better hearing for better brain health.
- Details how age-related hearing loss affects non-auditory brain resources
- Highlights possible links between hearing loss and dementia, providing essential information for all healthcare audience members and students
- Outlines the communication needs of individuals living with dementia and/or hearing loss
- Enables readers to understand how hearing loss can negatively impact brain health
Researchers in the fields of neuroscience, neurology, audition, public health, aging. Clinicians in neurology
1. Ageing and the Auditory System
Christopher J. Plack
2. Aging of the brain systems supporting speech perception
Pascale Tremblay, Marc-André Marion-Flamand, David Ratelle and Alexandre Sicard
3. Hearing loss, vascular function, and brain health in older adults
Jennifer A. Deal, Jason R. Smith and Kening Jiang
4. A neurological perspective on hearing impairment in dementia
Sophie A. Froud, Benjamin A. Levett, Lucy B. Core, Jessica Jiang, Chris J.D. Hardy and Jason D. Warren
5. Hearing loss and health: Psychosocial well-being, chronic health conditions, and the role of physical activity
Maria V. Goodwin and David Maidment
6. Listening effort in age-related hearing loss
Kate Slade and Ronan McGarrigle
7. Cross-modal and cortical neuroplasticity in age-related hearing loss
Anu Sharma, Kayla Cormier and Carly Schimmel
8. Hearing loss, dementia, and hearing rehabilitation methods: Unveiling current epidemiological evidence
Manuella Cantuaria and Jesper Hvass Schmidt
9. Demystifying age-related hearing loss: How socioeconomic inequalities are shaping global hearing health policies
Dalia Tsimpida
10. Communication needs of people with hearing loss and dementia living in care homes
Hannah Cross and Rebecca Millman
11. The Future of Hearing Aid Technology
Simon Carlile, Helen E. Nuttall and Richard F. Lyon
12. Forward directions for age-related hearing loss and dementia: An ear to the future
Helen E. Nuttall, Kate Slade and Christopher J. Plack
Christopher J. Plack
2. Aging of the brain systems supporting speech perception
Pascale Tremblay, Marc-André Marion-Flamand, David Ratelle and Alexandre Sicard
3. Hearing loss, vascular function, and brain health in older adults
Jennifer A. Deal, Jason R. Smith and Kening Jiang
4. A neurological perspective on hearing impairment in dementia
Sophie A. Froud, Benjamin A. Levett, Lucy B. Core, Jessica Jiang, Chris J.D. Hardy and Jason D. Warren
5. Hearing loss and health: Psychosocial well-being, chronic health conditions, and the role of physical activity
Maria V. Goodwin and David Maidment
6. Listening effort in age-related hearing loss
Kate Slade and Ronan McGarrigle
7. Cross-modal and cortical neuroplasticity in age-related hearing loss
Anu Sharma, Kayla Cormier and Carly Schimmel
8. Hearing loss, dementia, and hearing rehabilitation methods: Unveiling current epidemiological evidence
Manuella Cantuaria and Jesper Hvass Schmidt
9. Demystifying age-related hearing loss: How socioeconomic inequalities are shaping global hearing health policies
Dalia Tsimpida
10. Communication needs of people with hearing loss and dementia living in care homes
Hannah Cross and Rebecca Millman
11. The Future of Hearing Aid Technology
Simon Carlile, Helen E. Nuttall and Richard F. Lyon
12. Forward directions for age-related hearing loss and dementia: An ear to the future
Helen E. Nuttall, Kate Slade and Christopher J. Plack
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: October 30, 2025
- Language: English
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Helen E. Nuttall
Dr Helen Nuttall is a Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University, where she leads the Neuroscience of Speech and Action (NoSA) Laboratory. The NoSA Lab investigate research questions surrounding how speech, action, and cognitive function are represented in the brain; how these functions work in health and disease; and how they are affected by the ageing process, particularly with regard to age-related hearing loss. She has a PhD in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United KingdomKS
Kate Slade
Dr. Kate Slade is a Lecturer in Psychology in Lancaster Medical School at Lancaster University. She is an outstanding early-career researcher pursuing research into ageing, hearing, and psychophysiology; specifically, the impact of hearing loss and effort needed for listening on the body and brain. She has a PhD in Experimental Psychology.
Affiliations and expertise
Lancaster Medical School, Faculty of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United KingdomCP
Christopher J. Plack
Professor Chris Plack is a world-leading auditory scientist, and currently holds a joint appointment as Professor of Auditory Neuroscience at Lancaster University, and Ellis Llwyd Jones Professor of Audiology at the University of Manchester. He has published over 150 peer-reviewed journal articles, 16 book chapters, an introductory textbook on hearing, and two volumes as lead editor. In 2003 he was elected a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America. He has a PhD in Psychoacoustics.
Affiliations and expertise
Manchester Centre for Audiology and Deafness, School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom; NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom