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Participants were typically older adults (mean age = 67.23\u2009years, standard deviation = 7.14) with mild to severe hearing loss.  <jats:bold>Intervention:<\/jats:bold> Auditory training includes speech perception training,\n phoneme discrimination training, and so on.  <jats:bold>Data Collection and Analysis:<\/jats:bold> A literature search of academic databases (Cochrane Library, PubMed, Web of Science, Embase, Wanfang, Weipu, and China National Knowledge Infrastructure) identified relevant articles published up\n to December 2023. This review includes only randomized controlled trials. The primary outcome is cognition function, measured by Montreal Cognitive Assessment, Mini-Mental State Examination, and other cognition-related subtest indicators.  <jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> The overall effect of\n auditory training on overall cognition and executive function in ARHL is statistically significant (overall cognition: <jats:italic>g<\/jats:italic> = 0.79, 95 percent confidence interval [CI]: 0.57, 1.01; executive function: <jats:italic>g<\/jats:italic> = 3.84, 95 percent CI: 1.49, 6.19), but executive function domain has high heterogeneity\n (<jats:italic>I<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> = 100 percent). The effect of auditory training on attention\/processing speed and working memory is small and not significant (attention\/processing speed: <jats:italic>g<\/jats:italic> = 1.47, 95 percent CI: \u22120.48, 3.42; working memory: <jats:italic>g<\/jats:italic> = 0.68, 95 percent CI: \u22122.22, 3.58),\n but both attention\/processing speed (<jats:italic>I<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> = 96 percent) and working memory domain (<jats:italic>I<\/jats:italic><jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup> = 98 percent) have high heterogeneity.  <jats:bold>Conclusions:<\/jats:bold> The overall impact of auditory training on overall cognition and executive function seems to be significant,\n but because of the low quality of the literature and certain biases, it is impossible to conclude that auditory training can improve the cognitive function of ARHL; therefore, more high-quality evidence is needed.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3766\/jaaa.240049","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,1]],"date-time":"2025-03-01T01:05:21Z","timestamp":1740791121000},"page":"53-63","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Effects of Auditory Training on Cognition in Hearing Loss: A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses"],"prefix":"10.3766","volume":"36","author":[{"given":"Wenling","family":"Jiang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"*Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People\u2019s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qian","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"*Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People\u2019s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jiahui","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"\u2020College of Health Science and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Qian","family":"He","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"\u2020College of Health Science and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Guoyu","family":"Cui","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"\u2020College of Health Science and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rongkun","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"#Department of Pharmacy, Tongren Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chen","family":"Liang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"**Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People\u2019s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhiwu","family":"Huang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"*Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Shanghai Ninth People\u2019s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2087","reference":[{"issue":"(11)","key":"c1","first-page":"1446","article-title":"Discrimination learning induced by training with identical stimuli","volume":"9","year":"2006","journal-title":"Nat Neurosci"},{"key":"c2","first-page":"97","article-title":"Training changes processing of speech cues in older adults with hearing loss","volume":"7","year":"2013a","journal-title":"Front Syst Neurosci"},{"key":"c3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"18","DOI":"10.1016\/j.heares.2013.03.006","article-title":"A dynamic auditory-cognitive system supports speech-in-noise perception in older adults","volume":"300","year":"2013b","journal-title":"Hear Res"},{"issue":"(11)","key":"c4","first-page":"4357","article-title":"Reversal of age-related neural timing delays with training","volume":"110","year":"2013c","journal-title":"Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A"},{"issue":"(5)","key":"c5","first-page":"374","article-title":"Meta-analysis: a brief introduction","volume":"2","year":"2009","journal-title":"Clin Transl Sci"},{"issue":"(4)","key":"c6","first-page":"401","article-title":"GRADE guidelines: 3. 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