Medical Xpress August 23, 2024
Up to 94% of U.S. adultsadults experience at least some dulling of their senses with age, finding themselves squinting at screens, craving stronger flavors, and missing snatches of conversations more and more frequently. Researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine are looking into how these changes can go beyond mere inconvenience and actually worsen overall mental health in older adults.
“When your senses decline, you can’t experience the world as well,” said Jayant Pinto, MD, a physician and expert in olfactory dysfunction at UChicago Medicine.
“You can’t hear colleagues or friends at the dinner table; you can’t discern what’s going on in your environment; you may have a hard time reading or making things out when you’re in your neighborhood....
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