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2. 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 ...

3. Best hearing aids for seniors in 2024, 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 ...

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. Gerontological nursing - Wikipedia

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   Older adults have been referred to as "the core business of healthcare" by gerontological nursing experts. [17] [18] Population aging and the complexity of health care needs of some older adults means that older adults are more likely than younger people to use health care services. [13] In many settings, the majority of patients are older adults.

6. 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 ...

7. Dementia - Wikipedia

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   Age-related hearing loss in midlife is linked to cognitive impairment in late life, and is seen as a risk factor for the development of Alzheimer's disease and dementia. Such hearing loss may be caused by a central auditory processing disorder that makes the understanding of speech against background noise difficult. Age-related hearing loss is ...