Journal Articles

The ENHANCE Study: Evaluation of Hearing Aids and Cognitive Effects

  1. Julia Z Sarant,  Peter A Busby, Adrian J Schembri, David C Harris, Christopher Fowler. (2023). ENHANCE: A Comparative prospective longitudinal study of cognitive outcomes after 3 years of hearing aid use in older adults.  Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 15. DOI 10.3389/fnagi.2023.1302185
  2. Julia Z Sarant, Paul Maruff, David C Harris, Peter A Busby, Christopher Fowler, Jurgen Fripp, Colin Masters. (2022). No influence of age-related hearing loss on brain β-amyloid. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 85(1), 359-367. DOI 10.3233/JAD-215121
  3. Julia Sarant. (2021). Supporting hearing and cognitive health through audiology. Invited article in ‘Audiology Now’, quarterly publication of Audiology Australia (primary professional body for Australian audiologists). Covers the latest research, technological developments, and issues in hearing loss and balance, including contributions from national and international academics and leaders.
  4. Julia Sarant, David Harris, Peter Busby, Paul T Maruff, Adrian Schembri, Jocelyn Phillips, Grace Nixon, Ulrike Lemke, Stefan Launer, Dani Tomlin, Richard Dowell. (2020). Hearing aid use and cognition in older adults: Can we delay decline or even improve cognitive function? Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 16 (S10).
  5. Julia Sarant, David Harris, Peter Busby, Paul Maruff, Adrian Schembri, Ulrike Lemke & Stefan Launer (2020). The effect of hearing aid use on cognition in older adults: Can we delay decline or even improve cognitive function. Journal of Clinical Medicine, January 17, 9(1) , doi: 10.3390/jcm9010254.
  6. Julia Sarant, David Harris, Peter Busby, Paul Maruff, Adrian Schembri, Ulrike Lemke, and Stefan Launer. (2020). Effects of Hearing Aid Use on Cognition in Older Adults. The Hearing Journal, July.

The effect of cochlear implants on cognitive function in aging Australians

  1. Julia Sarant, David Harris, Peter Busby, Paul Maruff, Adrian Schembri, Richard Dowell, Robert Briggs. (2019). The effect of cochlear implants on cognitive function in older adults: Initial baseline and 18-month follow up results for a prospective international longitudinal study. Frontiers in Neuroscience, 13:789. doi: 10.3389/fnins.2019.00789.