Cognitive Training to Improve Mobility in Middle-aged and Older Adults (HnW)

Concordia University, Montreal

Status: Completed

Conditions: Aging; Age Related Hearing Loss

Treatments: Behavioral: Executive function (EF) training

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05418998

30011799

Details and patient eligibility

About

The proposed study is designed to evaluate the effect of at-home executive function training on cognition and mobility in older adults with age-related hearing loss (ARHL), older adults with normal hearing, and middle-aged adults.

Enrollment: 63 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 45 to 80 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Proficient in English (learned before age 5), can ambulate ≥ 10 meters independently, absence of cognitive impairment (neuropsychological test results in the average range compared to age norms), normal or corrected-to-normal visual acuity (ETDRS), availability of a home computer or tablet with internet connection.

Exclusion criteria

• Reported major depression, substance abuse or significant psychiatric disorder, uncorrected visual impairment, vestibular impairment, Parkinson's disease or other neurological disorder or sequelae, clinically significant musculoskeletal disorders, diseases affecting the ear, or damage to the ear (e.g., occupational noise), onset of hearing loss prior to adulthood.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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63 participants in 2 patient groups

Executive function (EF) training

Experimental group

Description:

12 weeks of at-home EF training on a computer or iPad

Treatment:

Behavioral: Executive function (EF) training

Wait-list control

No Intervention group

Description:

This will be a comparator arm with no cognitive training. Participants will be given access to the same training program following the conclusion of the study, but no further assessment is planned.