McKnight’s Senior Living January 5, 2024
(HealthDay News) — Hearing loss is associated with an increased risk for dementia, with further increased risk for those not using hearing aids, according to a study published online Jan. 4 in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.
Manuella Lech Cantuaria, PhD, from Odense University Hospital and the University of Southern Denmark, and colleagues examined the association between hearing loss and incident dementia and how hearing aids contribute to this association in a population-based study involving all residents of Southern Denmark aged 50 years and older. The analysis included 573,088 persons, with 23,023 cases of dementia, who were followed for 8.6 years.
The researchers found that hearing loss was associated with an increased risk for dementia compared with no hearing loss...
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