By Ron Leavitt
This article is a part of the March/April 2025, Volume 37, Number 2, Audiology Today issue.
Potential cognitive benefits of hearing aid use are reported in the literature in four widely-publicized studies (Glick and Sharma, 2017, 2020; Lin et al, 2023; Sarant JZ et al, 2024). However, some of these studies have been criticized for their methodological limitations (Dawes, 2024; Sarant J et al, 2024). In their recent study, Sarant J et al (2024) addressed many of these methodological concerns and noted that use of randomized-controlled trials as a “gold standard” of proof may raise ethical concerns.
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