Hearing Loss, Dementia, & Alzheimers
Are They Connected?
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According to the National Institute on Aging (NIA), a part of the US Government’s National Institutes of Health (NIH), they are connected.
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There are numerous studies in PubMed showing that people who have hearing loss are more likely to develop dementia of any kind than those who have no hearing impairment.
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People with hearing loss who don’t get some kind of “intervention” such as a hearing aid or implant tend to have more brain shrinkage.
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Learn more about the causes of hearing loss, how to get your hearing tested, deal with hearing loss, and communicate with people who have a hearing loss.
===> To learn more read my blogpost Hearing Loss for Older Adults
And here’s a link to the National Institute on Aging where they have a lot of interesting information.