Hearing Loss, Cognitive Load and Dementia: An Overview of Interrelation, Detection and Monitoring Challenges with Wearable Non-invasive Microwave Sensors
This is an incremental review paper that synthesizes existing knowledge about hearing loss and dementia, proposing future applications of wearable sensors for monitoring in clinical and smart care home settings.
This review paper examines the interrelationship between hearing loss, cognitive load, and dementia, and explores how wearable non-invasive microwave sensors could be used for detection and monitoring. It discusses the potential of hearing aid technology to reverse cognitive decline and delay dementia onset in older populations.
This paper provides an overview of hearing loss effects on neurological function and progressive diseases; and explores the role of cognitive load monitoring to detect dementia. It also investigates the prospects of utilizing hearing aid technology to reverse cognitive decline and delay the onset of dementia, for the old age population. The interrelation between hearing loss, cognitive load and dementia is discussed. Future considerations for improvement with respect to robust diagnosis, user centricity, device accuracy and privacy for wider clinical practice is also explored. The review concludes by discussing the future scope and potential of designing practical wearable microwave technologies and evaluating their use in smart care homes setting.