Yurun Cai, Pablo Martinez Amezcua, Joshua F Betz, Talan Zhang, Alison R Huang, Amal A Wanigatunga, Nancy W Glynn, Sheila Burgard, Theresa H Chisolm, Josef Coresh, David Couper, Jennifer A Deal, Theresa Gmelin, Adele M Goman, Lisa Gravens-Mueller, Kathleen M Hayden, Christine M Mitchell, Thomas Mosley, James S Pankow, James R Pike, Nicholas S Reed, Victoria A Sanchez, Frank R Lin, Jennifer A Schrack
BACKGROUND: Hearing loss is associated with restricted physical activity (PA) and impaired physical functioning, yet the relationship between severity of hearing impairment (HI) and novel PA measures in older adults with untreated HI is not well understood. METHODS: Analyses included 845 participants aged ≥70 years (mean=76.6y) with a better-hearing ear pure-tone average (PTA) ≥30 and <70 dB in the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders (ACHIEVE) study who wore an ActiGraph accelerometer for 7 days...
May 2, 2024: Journals of Gerontology. Series A, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences