Association Between Cognitive Impairment and the Presence of Hearing Problems and Precarious Conditions
NCT ID: NCT06478888
Last Updated: 2025-05-25
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Basic Information
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NOT_YET_RECRUITING
270 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2025-05-31
2027-11-30
Brief Summary
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It has been shown that the presence of hearing impairment associated with cognitive disorders increases the latter. In addition, rare studies have shown that people in precarious situations are at greater risk of developing cognitive disorders early and rapidly, and consequently dementia.
The population of Seine Saint Denis (93) is known to be particularly affected by precariousness, which is why the investigators want to study its impact on patients with cognitive disorders associated with hearing impairment. These people need to be detected and supported in order to offer them a hearing aid that would improve or stabilize their cognitive state, or at least facilitate the rehabilitative management of their cognitive deficit.
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Detailed Description
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While the data on the link between deafness and cognitive impairment is well established (Manrique et al., 2023), the data published in PubMed is poor or even non-existent when the precariousness of the individuals is taken into account.
In 2018, DREES published the results of the Capacités, Aides et REssources des seniors (CARE) ménages, seniors section survey, carried out in 2015 and looking at the living conditions and difficulties encountered in the daily lives of people aged 60 or over living at home. It was reported that 4% of the 15.7 million people over 60 in the French population had hearing difficulties, i.e. they reported having great difficulty or not managing at all to hear a conversation in a silent room. These difficulties differed according to whether the subjects surveyed were men or women, and also according to their social category. People with a degree (≥ bac +3) are 60% less likely to have hearing problems than those without a degree. These differences are linked in particular to inequalities in occupational risks, lifestyle habits and access to healthcare throughout the life cycle, making the link between precariousness and deafness. They also have an impact on immediate access to corrective measures. The most common cause of hearing loss in adults is presbycusis (physiological alteration of hearing function associated with aging), which can generally be compensated for by wearing a hearing aid. Of these people, seven out of ten do not wear a hearing aid.
the investigators would therefore like to study prospectively, in patients seen at our Memory unit and presenting with a cognitive impairment defined by an MMSE score ≤ 24 (140 patients/year), whether the presence of a precarious situation associated with a hearing impairment is an aggravating factor in this cognitive impairment.
Conditions
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Study Design
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COHORT
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Patient seen in our Memory unit for a cognitive complaint
* Patient with proven cognitive impairment (with or without hearing impairment) (MMSE ≤ 24)
* Patient not fitted with a hearing aid
* Patient with MMSE \> 20 understands, reads and writes French well, if MMSE ≤ 20 needs to be accompanied by a relative.
Exclusion Criteria
* Absence of social security and AME
* Absence of cognitive disorders (MMSE\>25)
* Cognitive disorder linked to a history of head trauma
* Patient under legal protection (guardianship, curatorship or safeguard of justice)
* Patients with a language barrier that may affect MMSE readings
50 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Locations
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Service de neurologie
Bobigny, , France
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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Arnaud LAPOSTOLLE
Role: primary
Other Identifiers
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APHP240443
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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