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Hearing problems and hardship in people with memory and thinking difficulties

Looks at links between hearing loss, hardship and cognitive problems in older adults.

Key facts

Who runs it
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Where
Bobigny, FranceSee the site
Trial code
Registry title
Association Between Cognitive Impairment and the Presence of Hearing Problems and Precarious Conditions
Status
Not yet recruiting
People taking part
270 people, planned
Started
May 2025
Expected to end
Nov 2027
Type of study
Observational
Record updated
25 May 2025

Who can take part

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From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.

The trial is looking for people over 50 with proven memory and thinking problems, seen at the Memory unit. People with or without hearing loss can join.

Age
Over 50
Sex
All
Disease stage
Proven cognitive impairment with an MMSE score of 24 or less. MMSE is a short memory and thinking test.
Earlier treatment
People must not already wear a hearing aid.
Biomarker or test result
MMSE ≤ 24. People with MMSE > 20 must understand, read and write French well. People with MMSE ≤ 20 must come with a relative.

Main reasons for not taking part

  • No memory or thinking problem (MMSE>25)
  • Memory or thinking problem caused by a past head injury
  • No social security and no AME health cover
  • Under legal protection, such as guardianship or curatorship
  • Language barrier that may affect the MMSE results

The registry criteria, word for word

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Who can take part

  • Patient aged over 50
  • 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

Who cannot take part

  • Absence of cognitive disorders (MMSE>25)
  • Cognitive disorder linked to a history of head trauma
  • Patient or relative refusing to take part in the study
  • Absence of social security and AME
  • Patient under legal protection (guardianship, curatorship or safeguard of justice)
  • Patients with a language barrier that may affect MMSE readings

Where in France

  • Service de neurologieBobigny, FranceContact: Arnaud LAPOSTOLLENot yet recruiting

About the trial

What the trial wants to find out

Cognitive disorders are extremely common. Alzheimer's disease is the most common cognitive disorder, with an estimated 800,000 to 1 million patients suffering from this neurodegenerative disorder in France. Cognitive disorders can also be observed in other common conditions such as Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis.

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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.

Questions to ask the study team

  1. How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
  2. Are travel costs paid?
  3. Can I keep my own doctor?
  4. What happens if I want to stop?

Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations

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Data and sources

Registry record
Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Official title
Association Between Cognitive Impairment and the Presence of Hearing Problems and Precarious Conditions
Plain-language title
Hearing problems and hardship in people with memory and thinking difficultiesGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 14 November 2026.
Record updated
25 May 2025