Ten-year association between change in speech-in-noise recognition and falls due to balance problems: a longitudinal cohort study.

"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThe NL-SH study protocol was approved by the institutional review board (Medical Ethics Committee [METC]) of Amsterdam UMC, location VUmc in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (METC number 2006/83; NL12015.029.06). Participants gave informed consent to participate in the study before taking part. Consent for publicationNot applicable. Competing interestsThe authors declare no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare no competing interests."

"Funding Data collection for this cohort has been supported by the Heinsius-Houbolt Foundation, the Netherlands, grant number N/A; Sonova AG, Switzerland, grant number N/A; the EMGO + Institute for Health and Care Research, The Netherlands, grant number N/A; and the Amsterdam Public Health research institute, Quality of Care, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, grant number N/A. Analysis and publication of the current study was funded by Sonova AG. UL is affiliated with Sonova AG, one of the funding entities."