Longitudinal associations between hearing aid usage and cognition in community-dwelling Japanese older adults with moderate hearing loss

• Saiko Sugiura ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: saikos@ncgg.go.jp

  Affiliations Toyota Josui Mental Clinic, Toyota, Aichi, Japan, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5419-0813

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• Yukiko Nishita,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology of Aging, Center for Gerontology and Social Science, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan

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• Yasue Uchida,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan

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• Mariko Shimono,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan

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• Hirokazu Suzuki,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan

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• Masaaki Teranishi,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

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• Tsutomu Nakashima,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan, Ichinomiya Medical Treatment and Habilitation Center, Ichinomiya, Aichi, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3930-9120

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• Chikako Tange,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology of Aging, Center for Gerontology and Social Science, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan

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• Rei Otsuka,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology of Aging, Center for Gerontology and Social Science, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan

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• Fujiko Ando,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology of Aging, Center for Gerontology and Social Science, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan, Department of Health and Medical Sciences, Aichi Shukutoku University, Nagakute, Aichi, Japan

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• Hiroshi Shimokata

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Epidemiology of Aging, Center for Gerontology and Social Science, National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology, Obu, Aichi, Japan, Graduate School of Nutritional Sciences, Nagoya University of Arts and Sciences, Nisshin, Aichi, Japan

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