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2. Hearing aids may reduce your risk of dementia by half ... - AOL

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   Over the past decade, research has established that hearing loss is one of the biggest risk factors for developing dementia, but it wasn’t clear whether intervening with hearing aids would ...

3. This Hearing Device May Significantly Cut Your Dementia Risk ...

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   How is hearing loss related to dementia? Hearing loss untreated can affect and/or hurry cognitive decline, says Rebecca Lewis, Au.D., audiologist and audiology director of the Adult & Pediatric ...

4. This Super Common Issue Could Increase Your Dementia ... - AOL

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   A 2023 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that older adults who had untreated hearing loss have a more than 60% higher prevalence of dementia, but those who ...

5. Presbycusis - Wikipedia

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   A hearing test administered by a medical doctor, otolaryngologist (ENT) or audiologist including pure tone audiometry and speech recognition may be used to determine the extent and nature of hearing loss, and distinguish presbycusis from other kinds of hearing loss. Otoacoustic emissions and evoked response testing may be used to test for audio ...

6. Best hearing aids for seniors in 2025, according to experts ...

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   What's more, older adults at high risk of dementia can experience a nearly 50% reduction in the rate of cognitive decline over a three-year period with the help of hearing aids, according to ...

7. Aural rehabilitation - Wikipedia

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   Audiologists and speech-language pathologists are professionals who typically provide aural rehabilitation components. The audiologist may be responsible for the fitting, dispensing and management of a hearing device, counseling the client about his or her hearing loss, the application of certain processes to enhance communication, and the skills training regarding environmental modifications ...

8. Hearing loss - Wikipedia

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   It also found that adult hearing loss is associated with increasing age, sex, ethnicity, educational level, and noise exposure. [128] Nearly one in four adults had audiometric results suggesting noise-induced hearing loss. Almost one in four adults who reported excellent or good hearing had a similar pattern (5.5% on both sides and 18% on one ...

9. The 7 best OTC hearing aids for seniors, according to ... - AOL

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   It’s welcome news for the over 40 million U.S. adults aged 18 or older who are affected by hearing loss. ... about your hearing loss is the first step, but understanding how these devices work ...