Do Hearing Aids Help Prevent Cognitive Decline?

Alexander Chern^{1

2}, Justin S Golub¹, Anil K Lalwani^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, U.S.A.
² Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York, U.S.A.
³ Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Review

Alexander Chern et al. Laryngoscope. 2021 Oct.

. 2021 Oct;131(10):2166-2168.

doi: 10.1002/lary.29365. Epub 2021 Jan 4.

Alexander Chern^{1

2}, Justin S Golub¹, Anil K Lalwani^{1

3}

¹ Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, U.S.A.
² Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York, U.S.A.
³ Department of Mechanical Engineering, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, Columbia University, New York, New York, U.S.A.

No abstract available

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