Medscape October 8, 2024
Mild or disabling hearing loss in middle-aged and older adults is associated with cognitive impairment, new findings show. However, unlike in previous studies, investigators found no cognitive benefit from wearing hearings aids, except in people with depression.
“Altogether, the present findings combined with prior evidence support that patients with hearing loss are at higher risk of cognitive impairment,” lead author Baptiste Grenier, MD, Université Paris Cité, Paris, France, and colleagues wrote.
Investigators say that their findings suggest “it may be useful to monitor cognitive function in middle-aged individuals with hearing loss.”
The findings were published online on October 1 in JAMA Network Open.
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