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This study showed that people with better hearing may have better performances on tests of memory and attention. However, the performance on a more complex working memory test was better in people woth relatively poor hearing thresholds.

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This study showed that cognitive abilities may be related to hearing thresholds. Hearing and cognition interact.

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This page is a summary of: Cognitive Abilities Relate to Self-Reported Hearing Disability, Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, October 2013, American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA),
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2013/12-0268).
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