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Russian Military Medical
SCIENTIFIC REVIEWS Vol. 41 (4) 2022 Academy Reports
416
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/rmmar111855
Review Article
Multysensory disorders in neurodegenerative

diseases related to aging

Igor V. Litvinenko, Konstantin M. Naumov
Russian Military Medical Academy, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Disorders of the sensory systems (vision, hearing, etc.) in the elderly are often considered as a natural process of body
changes over time (presbyopia, age-related hearing loss, presbiataxia, etc.) and remain untreated. However, nowadays
reliable data show the connection of sensory system disorders with the onset of cognitive impairment. On the other hand
there is the evidence that complaints about the functioning of individual sensory systems may be the first symptoms of the
developing neurodegenerative disease ahead of its manifestation by several years. This suggests that early detection and
development of measures for compensation and treatment of processes and diseases that cause disturbances in the work
of sensory systems will both improve the quality of early diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases and delay the clinical
manifestation of neurodegenerative diseases. The data show the necessity of an integrated approach to diagnosis in pa-
tients with complaints of visual, hearing, balance and walking disorders in order to develop the set of measures for the
correction and treatment of the identified disorders and diseases.
Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease; cognitive disorders; hearing impairment; neurodegenerative diseases; Parkinson’s disease;
sensory systems; standing and walking disorders; visual impairment.
To cite this article:
Litvinenko IV, Naumov KM. Multysensory disorders in neurodegenerative diseases related to aging. Russian Military Medical Academy Reports.
2022;41(4):415–420. DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/rmmar111855

Received: 12.10.2022 Accepted: 19.10.2022 Published: 17.11.2022

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