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Multicenter Study
. 2020 Aug 1;146(8):765-766.
doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2020.0854.

Marketing Claims About Using Hearing Aids to Forestall or Prevent Dementia

Jan Blustein  1   2 , Barbara E Weinstein  3   4 , Joshua Chodosh  2   3
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Multicenter Study

Marketing Claims About Using Hearing Aids to Forestall or Prevent Dementia

Jan Blustein et al. JAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. .

Abstract

This cross-sectional study surveys the websites of 16 leading hearing aid brands for claims that using hearing aids can forestall or prevent dementia.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Blustein serves on the Board of Directors of the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA); the views expressed here are hers and do not reflect those of HLAA. Dr Weinstein reported lecturing at 2 meetings sponsored by Sonova and 2 sponsored by Starkey Hearing Technologies on the research and evidence base regarding social isolation, hearing loss, and dementia and interventions for these issues; she does not mention any particular manufacturers in her lectures. Dr Chodosh reported receiving research funding from the National Institutes of Health and the US Department of Veterans Affairs for studies related to dementia and other cognitive disorders and hearing loss.

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