Topic: Cognitive deterioration

The auditory loss is associated with increased cognitive deterioration and even dementia, including Alzheimer's Disease (AD). However, the relation between the cause of the auditory loss and the mechanism during AD is still unknown. One hypothesis is that social isolation after hearing loss could facilitate dementia. Still, it is also believed that AD itself could cause alterations in the auditory pathway and this alteration promotes cognitive deterioration. The auditory signal is transmitted along the auditory pathway in the form of action potentials through the auditory nerve and across the