Stopped: COVID-19 has delayed the study recruitment beyond the available funding
Age-related vision impairment and dementia both become more prevalent with increasing age. Research into the mechanisms of these conditions has proposed that some of their causes (e.g., macular degeneration/glaucoma and Alzheimer's disease) could be symptoms of an underlying common cause, or may be equally linked to a multifactorial context in frailty and aging. Research into sensory-cognitive aging has provided preliminary data that sensory decline may be linked to the progression of dementia through the concept of sensory deprivation. Preliminary data in hearing loss rehabilitation support the idea that improved hearing may have a beneficial effect on cognitive functioning; however, there are to date no data available to examine whether low vision rehabilitation, specifically for reading, could have an equally protective or beneficial effect on cognitive health. The present proposal aims to fill this gap.
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Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT)
Timeframe: 15 minutes
Letter Number Sequencing task
Timeframe: 2 minutes
Montreal Cognitive Assessment - full or blind version
Timeframe: 4 minutes
1-n-back task
Timeframe: 3 minutes