Outputs (8)

James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership in co-existing dementia and hearing conditions: a research agenda defined by people with lived experience and healthcare professionals (2025)
Journal Article
Heffernan, E., Calvert, S., Dening, T., Broome, E., Spriggs, R., Ahmad, N., Lerigo-Smith, N., & Henshaw, H. (2025). James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership in co-existing dementia and hearing conditions: a research agenda defined by people with lived experience and healthcare professionals. Age and Ageing, 54(7), Article afaf191. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaf191

Background
Dementia and hearing conditions are both major public health concerns. Most people living with dementia also live with hearing conditions (e.g. hearing loss, tinnitus, vestibular disorders). Furthermore, hearing loss may be a risk factor... Read More about James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership in co-existing dementia and hearing conditions: a research agenda defined by people with lived experience and healthcare professionals.

Management of co-existing dementia and hearing loss in social care settings: a focus group study (2025)
Journal Article
Broome, E. E., & Green, A. (in press). Management of co-existing dementia and hearing loss in social care settings: a focus group study. Dementia, https://doi.org/10.1177/14713012251356010

Background and Objectives:
Dementia and hearing loss are highly prevalent and increase in prevalence and severity with age. Hearing loss is often overlooked in people living with dementia, resulting in under-diagnosis and lack of appropriate manage... Read More about Management of co-existing dementia and hearing loss in social care settings: a focus group study.

Understanding the audiological care of patients with co-existing dementia or mild cognitive impairment and hearing loss in the United Kingdom National Health Service: A qualitative study (2025)
Journal Article
Calvert, S., Chitty, A., Langdon, A., Broome, E., Henshaw, H., Somerset, S., Dening, T., & Heffernan, E. (2025). Understanding the audiological care of patients with co-existing dementia or mild cognitive impairment and hearing loss in the United Kingdom National Health Service: A qualitative study. PLoS ONE, 26(6), Article e0327248. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0327248

Background

Hearing loss is common among people living with dementia and can exacerbate the symptoms associated with dementia. The effective management of hearing loss can positively impact quality of life and help alleviate dementia-related sympto... Read More about Understanding the audiological care of patients with co-existing dementia or mild cognitive impairment and hearing loss in the United Kingdom National Health Service: A qualitative study.

1955 Multimodal critical discourse analysis of current representations of hearing loss in the UK news media (2024)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Fawcett-Jones, S., Heffernan, E., Putland, E., Broome, E., Burgon, C., Janani, A., Dening, T., Straus, J., & Henshaw, H. (2023, November). 1955 Multimodal critical discourse analysis of current representations of hearing loss in the UK news media. Presented at British Geriatrics Society Autumn Meeting 2023, Birmingham, UK

When Hearing Loss Co-occurs with Dementia: Challenges and Opportunities in Diagnosis and Management (2023)
Book Chapter
Broome, E., Burgon, C., Heffernan, E., Dening, T., Calvert, S., Rajasingam, S., & Henshaw, H. (2023). When Hearing Loss Co-occurs with Dementia: Challenges and Opportunities in Diagnosis and Management. In A. Ciorba, & S. Hatzopoulos (Eds.), Updates on Hearing Loss and its Rehabilitation (1-27). InTech. https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.1003179

Both dementia and hearing loss are highly prevalent in older adults and often coexist, increasing the complexity of diagnosis and management of both conditions. As the population ages, an increasing number of people will experience both long-term con... Read More about When Hearing Loss Co-occurs with Dementia: Challenges and Opportunities in Diagnosis and Management.

New horizons in hearing conditions (2023)
Journal Article
Henshaw, H., Calvert, S., Heffernan, E., Broome, E. E., Fackrell, K., Dening, T., & Burgon, C. (2023). New horizons in hearing conditions. Age and Ageing, 52(8), Article afad150. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afad150

Hearing conditions such as hearing loss, tinnitus and hyperacusis are highly prevalent in the population and can severely impact communication and quality of life. Hearing is affected by multiple factors, including heredity, noise exposure, age, sex,... Read More about New horizons in hearing conditions.

1615 Recommendations for the assessment and management of co-existing dementia and hearing loss within UK audiology services (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Langdon, A., Heffernan, E., Somerset, S., Calvert, S., Broome, E., Dening, T., & Henshaw, H. (2024, May). 1615 Recommendations for the assessment and management of co-existing dementia and hearing loss within UK audiology services. Presented at British Geriatrics Society Spring Meeting 2024, Birmingham, UK

Patient perceptions of cognitive screening in adult audiology services: A qualitative exploration (2023)
Journal Article
Broome, E. E., Tannirandorn, P., Straus, J., Beale, P., Heffernan, E., Dening, T., & Henshaw, H. (2023). Patient perceptions of cognitive screening in adult audiology services: A qualitative exploration. Frontiers in Neurology, 14, Article 1143128. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2023.1143128

Introduction: Both hearing loss and dementia are extremely pervasive, especially amongst older adults. As hearing loss and dementia have common symptoms, misdiagnosis can be common, and failure to address hearing loss for people with dementia could a... Read More about Patient perceptions of cognitive screening in adult audiology services: A qualitative exploration.