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From: Hearing impairment and the risk of neurodegenerative dementia: A longitudinal follow-up study using a national sample cohort

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A schematic illustration of the participant selection process that was used in the present study. Out of a total of 1,025,340 participants, 5,135 severely hearing-impaired and 1,390 profoundly hearing-impaired participants were selected. The hearing-impaired participants were matched 1:4 with a control group that did not have a diagnosed hearing impairment. Finally, 4,432 severely hearing-impaired and 17,728 control participants and 958 profoundly hearing-impaired and 3,832 control participants were included.

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