Untreated Hearing Loss, Hearing Aids, and Cognition: Correlational Outcomes 2025
Douglas L. Beck, AuDhearingtracker.com
Untreated Hearing Loss, Hearing Aids, and Cognition: Correlational Outcomes 2025
Hearing loss is independently associated with accelerated cognitive decline and incident cognitive impairment in community-dwelling older adults. Further studies are needed to investigate what the mechanistic basis of this association is and whether hearing rehabilitative interventions could affect cognitive decline.
Hearing Aids Slow Cognitive Decline in People at High Risk by National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Hearing aids reduced the rate of cognitive decline in older adults at high risk of dementia by almost 50% over a three-year period.
Hearing Aids Slow Cognitive Decline in People at High Risk
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
However, when the analysis focused on people from the heart-health study, who had a higher risk of dementia, the benefit of the hearing aids was substantial. Those who received hearing aids had an almost 50% reduction in the rate of cognitive decline... See more
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
However, when the analysis focused on people from the heart-health study, who had a higher risk of dementia, the benefit of the hearing aids was substantial. Those who received hearing aids had an almost 50% reduction in the rate of cognitive decline... See more