Keep it Down out There: You’re Hurting my Brain
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Our guest in this episode is Dr. Sara Adar. She is an associate professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health in the department of epidemiology. Dr. Adar was the senior author on a study titled “Long-term community noise exposure in relation to dementia, cognition, and cognitive decline in older adults” that was published in the journal Alzheimer’s & Dementia. The study used data from the Chicago Health and Aging Project to examine the association between exposure to community noise and cognitive impairment. We talk with her about how exposure to noise affects cognition.
The transcript for this episode can be found here.
Related Links:
- CAPRA Website: http://capra.med.umich.edu/
- Article discussed in this episode: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33084241/ Weuve, J., D'Souza, J., Beck, T., Evans, D. A., Kaufman, J. D., Rajan, K. B., Mendes de Leon, C. F., & Adar, S. D. (2021). Long‐term community noise exposure in relation to dementia, cognition, and cognitive decline in older adults. Alzheimer's & Dementia, 17(3), 525-533. DOI: 10.1002/alz.12191
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