Nicholas S Reed, Lisa Gravens-Mueller, Alison R Huang, Adele M Goman, Christine M Mitchell, Michelle L Arnold, Spencer Bolton, Sheila Burgard, Theresa H Chisolm, David Couper, Jennifer A Deal, Joshua Evans, Sarah Faucette, Nancy W Glynn, Theresa Gmelin, Kathleen M Hayden, Elizabeth Miller, Melissa Minotti, Thomas Mosley, Stacee Naylor, James S Pankow, James Russell Pike, Victoria A Sanchez, Jennifer A Schrack, Josef Coresh, Frank R Lin
INTRODUCTION: Hearing loss is highly prevalent among older adults and independently associated with cognitive decline. The Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders (ACHIEVE) study is a multicenter randomized control trial (partially nested within the infrastructure of an observational cohort study, the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities [ARIC] study) to determine the efficacy of best-practice hearing treatment to reduce cognitive decline over 3 years. The goal of this paper is to describe the recruitment process and baseline results...
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