Age-Related Hearing Loss, Brain Health, and Dementia

Dr Helen Nuttall is a Senior Lecturer at Lancaster University, where she leads the Neuroscience of Speech and Action (NoSA) Laboratory. The NoSA Lab investigate research questions surrounding how speech, action, and cognitive function are represented in the brain; how these functions work in health and disease; and how they are affected by the ageing process, particularly with regard to age-related hearing loss. She has a PhD in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience. Dr. Kate Slade is a Lecturer in Psychology in Lancaster Medical School at Lancaster University. She is an outstanding early-career researcher pursuing research into ageing, hearing, and psychophysiology; specifically, the impact of hearing loss and effort needed for listening on the body and brain. She has a PhD in Experimental Psychology. Professor Chris Plack is a world-leading auditory scientist, and currently holds a joint appointment as Professor of Auditory Neuroscience at Lancaster University, and Ellis Llwyd Jones Professor of Audiology at the University of Manchester. He has published over 150 peer-reviewed journal articles, 16 book chapters, an introductory textbook on hearing, and two volumes as lead editor. In 2003 he was elected a Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America. He has a PhD in Psychoacoustics.

• 1. Ageing and the Auditory SystemChristopher J. Plack2. Aging of the brain systems supporting speech perceptionPascale Tremblay, Marc-André Marion-Flamand, David Ratelle and Alexandre Sicard3. Hearing loss, vascular function, and brain health in older adultsJennifer A. Deal, Jason R. Smith and Kening Jiang4. A neurological perspective on hearing impairment in dementiaSophie A. Froud, Benjamin A. Levett, Lucy B. Core, Jessica Jiang, Chris J.D. Hardy and Jason D. Warren5. Hearing loss and health: Psychosocial well-being, chronic health conditions, and the role of physical activityMaria V. Goodwin and David Maidment6. Listening effort in age-related hearing lossKate Slade and Ronan McGarrigle7. Cross-modal and cortical neuroplasticity in age-related hearing lossAnu Sharma, Kayla Cormier and Carly Schimmel8. Hearing loss, dementia, and hearing rehabilitation methods: Unveiling current epidemiological evidenceManuella Cantuaria and Jesper Hvass Schmidt9. Demystifying age-related hearing loss: How socioeconomic inequalities are shaping global hearing health policiesDalia Tsimpida10. Communication needs of people with hearing loss and dementia living in care homesHannah Cross and Rebecca Millman11. The Future of Hearing Aid TechnologySimon Carlile, Helen E. Nuttall and Richard F. Lyon12. Forward directions for age-related hearing loss and dementia: An ear to the futureHelen E. Nuttall, Kate Slade and Christopher J. Plack