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. (2024). 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.

COCHLEA: Cochlear Implant Outcomes and Cognitive Health - Longitudinal Evaluation of Adults

  1. Julia Sarant, Peter Busby, Adrian Schembri,  Robert Briggs, Collin Masters & David Harris. (2024). COCHLEA: Longitudinal Cognitive Performance of Older Adults with Hearing Loss and Cochlear Implants at 4.5-year Follow-Up. Brain Sceinces, 14:12. doi 10.3390/brainsci14121279
  2. 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.

Hearing Loss, the Silent Enemy of Good Health: Effectiveness, Cost-Effectiveness, and Potential Economic and Social Impact of Interventions to Promote Treatment to Facilitate Improved Hearing.

  1. Davine E, Busby PA, Peters S, Francis JJ, Sarant JZ. (2025). Barriers and Enablers to General Practitioner Referral of Older Adults to Hearing Care: A Systematic Review Using the Theoretical Domains Framework. European Geriatric Medicine. Published 22 May, doi.org/10.1007/s41999-024-01124-5
  2. Ella C Davine, Peter A Busby, Sanne Peters, Jill J Francis, David Harris, Barbra HB Timmer, Julia Z Sarant. (2025). Barriers and Enablers to Referral of Older Adults to Hearing Care: A Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study of Australian General Practitioners. Australian Journal of Primary Health. Published 3 June, doi.org/10.1071/PY24224
  3. Julia Sarant, David Harris, Jill Francis, Isha Hariname, Charlotte Anderson, Sanne Peters. Development and outcomes of a customized theoretical framework-based survey on barriers and enablers to hearing aid take-up and use in older adults. International Journal of Audiology, July 2025. https://doi.org/10.1080/14992027.2025.2537689
  4. Sarant, J., Kiley, E., Sloan, E., Timmer, B., & Peters, S. (2026). Investigating barriers and enablers to hearing aid take-up and use by older adults with hearing loss–a focus group study. International Journal of Audiology, 1-17.
  5. Davine, E. C., Busby, P. A., Peters, S., Harris, D., Timmer, B. H., Sanci, L. A., & Sarant, J. Z. (2025). Co-designing interventions to increase referrals from general practice to audiology in Victoria, Australia. International Journal of Audiology, 1-14.