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The patients were 65\u201385 years old, without any history of dementia, Alzheimer\u2019s disease, parkinsonism, or depression. After enrollment, all patients started using hearing aids (HA). The CA group received a daily dose of 800 mg CA for 11 months. We performed between-group comparisons of audiological data, including pure tone audiometry, WRS, HA fitting data obtained using real-ear measurement (REM), and the Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid benefit scores after treatment. After CA administration, the WRS improved significantly in the CA group (4.2 \u00b1 8.3%), but deteriorated in the control group (\u22120.6 \u00b1 8.1%,\n                    <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                    = 0.035). However, there was no significant between-group difference in the change in pure tone thresholds and aided speech intelligibility index calculated from REM. 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