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Hearing Loss and Cognition
CEU-certified masterclass for hearing care professionals providing all necessary tools, knowledge and resources to discuss the connection to brain and overall health.
CEU-certified masterclass for hearing care professionals providing all necessary tools, knowledge and resources to discuss the connection to brain and overall health.
Hearing loss isn’t just an inconvenience of aging. It’s a public health issue with broad implications affecting many aspects of life.
It is well known that hearing loss is associated with social isolation, loneliness and depression, physical problems with balance, cognitive decline - and even increased risk of dementia. Understanding the evidence behind how hearing affects other areas of life and health is crucial.
Fortunately, we have good news. We have developed our first Masterclass on hearing and brain health.
This CEU-certified Masterclass provides hearing care professionals with an industry-wide perspective on hearing health, offering essential tools, knowledge, and resources to address its link to brain and overall health.
Featuring nine standalone, expert-led video presentations grounded in the latest research, this comprehensive course equips you to apply these insights directly in clinical practice.
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In this module, Professor Barbara Weinstein, explores the profound impact hearing loss has on both individuals and society. Often stigmatized and overlooked, hearing loss leads to social isolation, reduced quality of life, and mental health challenges. It disrupts healthy aging by limiting social engagement, which is crucial for longevity and well-being. This module highlights the importance of a holistic approach to hearing care, extending beyond audiograms, and underscores the essential role hearing interventions play in enhancing overall well-being.
In this module, Dr. Anitha Rao gives an introduction to the basics of dementia. This modules focus on the burden of dementia, focusing on how the condition impacts not only the patient but also caregivers, families, and society as a whole. She discusses the progressive symptoms of dementia, highlighting the quality-of-life challenges that arise as the disease advances. Lastly, Dr. Rao introduces preventive neurology, emphasizing the role of reducing risk factors to potentially improve outcomes.
In this module, Professor Frank Lin unpacks the evolution of research on the link between hearing loss and cognitive decline over the past decades. He explores key hypotheses, including cognitive load, brain atrophy, and social isolation, which explain how untreated hearing loss might accelerate cognitive decline. The session also provides a thorough unpacking of the ACHIEVE clinical trial and its groundbreaking results, offering insights into the relationship between hearing health and dementia risk.
In this module, Professor Frank Lin shifts focus to interpreting the results of the ACHIEVE trial from a public health perspective. He provides practical guidance on what these findings mean for the field of hearing care and how individuals can become more aware of their hearing health. This module also emphasizes the importance of regularly tracking hearing health and explains how this new understanding can shape future public health strategies.
In this module, Dr. Sigurd Brandt presents key research on the brain’s physiological changes in individuals with hearing loss. He explores neuroplasticity—the brain's ability to adapt to new conditions—and how this process can sometimes lead to negative consequences, potentially explaining the link between hearing loss and dementia. The module emphasizes the critical role of hearing rehabilitation in reversing these changes, highlighting the broader health benefits of timely intervention that extend far beyond just auditory improvements.
In this module, Dr. Megan Quilter highlights the integral role hearing care professionals play in promoting not only auditory health but also brain health. By focusing on how current practices in hearing care already contribute to cognitive well-being, the session emphasizes the broader impact on patients' overall health. This module also discusses how hearing care professionals are equipped to navigate the rapidly evolving landscape of healthcare, making a lasting difference in both hearing and cognitive health.
In this final module, Dr. Helen Henshaw focuses on translating knowledge into practical steps for hearing care professionals. The session covers how to communicate effectively with patients and families about brain health, providing examples of conversations to guide these discussions. Dr. Henshaw also explores identifying cognitive decline in an audiological setting, the overlap between hearing loss and cognitive issues, and how hearing care professionals can play a unique role in recognizing cognitive problems. The module concludes with guidance on creating dementia-friendly clinic environments to better support patients with cognitive impairments.
Deep understanding of the profound impact hearing loss has on individuals and society
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Explore unparalleled insights into hearing health, presented by industry-leading experts whose research is shaping the future of this field. Meet the experts:
Helen was awarded her PhD in Cognitive Psychology from the University of Leicester (UK) in 2011. She is currently a Principal Research Fellow, Chartered Psychologist, and Research Lead at the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Nottingham Biomedical Research Centre at the University of Nottingham, UK. Collaborating with international clinical and academic colleagues, her hearing research portfolio spans aspects of healthy ageing, health behaviour, cognition and multimorbidity. Helen holds several professional roles across academia and professional audiology organisations, including Chair of the British Society of Audiology (BSA) Special Interest Group for Cognition in Hearing.
Sigurd Brandt is a medical doctor and earned his medical degree from Copenhagen University. As a clinician, Dr. Brandt worked within family medicine and internal medicine, but has built the majority of his career working within the pharmacological and medical device industry. Dr. Brandt has worked within medical affairs in the pharmaceutical company LEO Pharma, focusing on medical communication and research, stakeholder partnerships and advisory with KOL’s. Later Dr. Brandt worked as a medical advisor and project lead in a digital clinical research organization, working on novel GCP-compliant decentralized clinical trial projects with multiple sponsors and government entities such as the Danish Medical Agency. Most recently Dr. Brandt has worked with GN Hearing as the medical director, focusing on advancing digital health and the importance of hearing health on overall quality of life.
Megan Quilter, Au.D is a Lead Audiologist with GN Hearing Global Audiology team and primarily focuses on research, adult and pediatric amplification and cochlear implants. Her background includes clinical adult and pediatrics, neuro-vestibular audiology, equipment manufacturing. Dr. Quilter effectively communicates with a variety of levels of key opinion leaders, customers, colleagues, and patients. Dr. Quilter currently holds a Doctorate of Audiology and resides with her family in Chicago, Illinois.
Barbara E. Weinstein earned her Ph.D. in audiology with a minor in geriatrics from Columbia University. Prof. Weinstein is the co-developer of the family of Hearing Handicap Inventories which are used globally to quantify auditory wellness. Prof. Weinstein speaks nationally and internationally on a wide range of topics including social isolation/loneliness and hearing loss in the elderly, psychosocial impacts of age related hearing loss, hearing aid outcomes, hearing health promotion and screening. She is a fellow of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), a fellow of the American Academy of Audiology (AAA), an Oyer Fellow, and a recipient of the Distinguished Achievement Award for the New York State Speech Language Hearing Association.
Dr. Anitha Rao is a physician executive with a unique combination of clinical expertise, entrepreneurial acumen, board governance, and strategic leadership. Dr. Rao is As a board-certified neurologist with fellowship training in Cognitive Neurology, a national board member for the Lewy Body Dementia Association, current section Chair for the American Academy of Neurology's Geriatric Section and had a successful tenure as the CEO and Head of Analytics at Neurocern. Her research and work on “Dementia Neurology Deserts” was covered by the Washington Post, Forbes Magazine, and Society of Actuaries. Dr. Rao has a Doctorate in Medicine from the University of Toledo College of Medicine, a Master's in Medical Anthropology from Case Western Reserve University, a Neurology Residency from Case Western Reserve University, and Fellowship training from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).
Frank Lin, MD PhD is Professor and Director of the Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health at Johns Hopkins University. As an otologic surgeon and epidemiologist, he has translated his experiences caring for adults with hearing loss into foundational public health research and policy. These efforts include establishing the impact of hearing loss and hearing interventions on dementia risk and other health outcomes, collaborating with policy makers to secure federal passage and enactment of the U.S. Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2017, and launching the Hearing Number awareness initiative. Dr. Lin serves as a member of the Board on Health Sciences Policy and the Forum on Aging, Disability, and Independence at the National Academies and is also an independent contractor to Apple.
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