OBJECTIVE
To assess the effect of memory impairment on central auditory function.
DESIGN
Case-control study.
SETTING
The Virginia Merrill Bloedel Hearing Research Center, Seattle, Washington.
PARTICIPANTS
The study cohort of 313 volunteers from a dementia surveillance research program comprised 3 groups: (1) controls without memory loss (n = 232); (2) memory-impaired participants with mil...