McKnight's January 5, 2024
Hearing loss is linked to an increase in dementia risk, especially in people who don’t use hearing aids, according to a study published Thursday in JAMA Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery.
The authors called for more research because the risk was lower than in previous studies that showed a link exists. Past investigations have linked untreated hearing loss with falls, cognitive decline and a lower prevalence of dementia.
Manuella Lech Cantuaria, PhD, a researcher from the University of Southern Denmark, led the JAMA study. Data came from people in the country between 2003 and 2017. The team examined information on 573,088 people who were 50 years old and up and didn’t have dementia when the research began. The mean age...
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