Evaluating Cognition Across Aging and Traumatic Brain Injury: Integrating Neurological and Neuropsychological Approaches

/Objectives: The evaluation of cognition is central to many neurological conditions, including traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body disease, frontotemporal degeneration, and vascular disorders. In clinical practice, particularly in aging populations, cognitive complaints often arise in the context of mixed neurological processes, requiring careful integration of cognitive and non-cognitive...

No actionable change for audiologists; this is a broad cognitive assessment review primarily relevant to neurologists and neuropsychologists, with only indirect relevance to audiology through age-related cognitive screening contexts.

As audiology increasingly intersects with dementia and cognitive screening, understanding how neurological and neuropsychological assessment frameworks operate informs collaborative care pathways.

1. 01Review covers cognitive evaluation methods across ageing, traumatic brain injury (TBI), Alzheimer's, Lewy body disease, frontotemporal degeneration, and vascular conditions.
2. 02Integrates both neurological (e.g., imaging, electrophysiology) and neuropsychological (e.g., standardised testing) assessment approaches.
3. 03Not audiology-specific, but relevant to audiologists involved in cognitive screening or dementia-linked hearing loss care.
4. 04Review design; no new primary data generated.
5. 05Indirect relevance to audiology given established hearing loss–dementia links.

PMID

42194776

DOI

10.3390/jcm15103822.

Journal

Journal of Clinical Medicine

Publication type

review

Evidence level

5

Population

Older adults and individuals with traumatic brain injury, Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body disease, frontotemporal degeneration, or vascular cognitive conditions

Intervention

Neurological and neuropsychological cognitive assessment methods