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Many senior citizens are affected by age-related hearing loss. The disorder often impairs speech perception, which leads to social isolation and depression, but it is also an important modifiable risk factor for cognitive decline and dementia.

We are investigating how the brain copes with indistinct signs at different levels of memory load and how memory processing changes over time.

Hearing loss may cause reduced speech comprehension, memory problems and possibly contribute to dementia. We study the relationship between hearing, cognition and communication over time and thus any connections to the development of dementia.