Relationship of age-related hearing loss with cognitive decline and dementia in Sinitic tonal language-speaking populations: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Shuo Wang,
• Bo Liu,
• Dona M P Jayakody,
• Xinxing Fu,
• Rong Tian,
• Robert H Eikelboom

Affiliations

Shuo Wang

Vital Strategies, New York, New York, USA

Bo Liu

2 State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy and Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Dona M P Jayakody

Ear Sciences Centre- Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, Western Australia, Australia

Xinxing Fu

Beijing Institute of Otolaryngology, Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Rong Tian

Medical School, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

Robert H Eikelboom

Ear Science Institute Australia, Subiaco East, Western Australia, Australia