Geneva (Switzerland): World Health Organization, 1-96.
This guideline provides recommendations on reducing the risk factors to and impact of dementia. Recommendations related to cognition and hearing loss are included in this summary.
World Health Organization (Switzerland)
"There is insufficient evidence to recommend use of hearing aids to reduce the risk of cognitive decline and/or dementia. Screening followed by provision of hearing aids should be offered to older people for timely identification and management of hearing loss as recommended in the WHO ICOPE guidelines" (Insufficient Evidence, Ungraded Recommendation; p. 44).
<div>"Cognitive training may be offered to older adults with normal cognition and with MCI to reduce the risk of cognitive decline and/or dementia." (Very low to low evidence, Conditional Recommendation; p. 26).</div>
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