Hearing loss is often associated with aging but in reality it is a disability that truly spans the ages. According to a 2011 study at Johns Hopkins published in the November 11th Archives of Internal Medicine (Lin et al., 2011), nearly a fifth of all Americans 12 years or older have hearing loss severe enough to make communication difficult. Regard
... See moreBut what I had experienced as a genuinely caring, evidence-based and pragmatic attempt to empower deaf children and give them the widest set of options had been singled out as an example of ‘audism’ by influential Deaf and Deaf-adjacent critics – a sinister assimilationist model with paternalistic colonial overtones and a complicated history.
Abi Stephenson • The Cochlear Question
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 comp... 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 comp... See more
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This study has shown that some form of hearing loss is common after minor head injury and it should be evaluated in all patients to detect subclinical hearing loss. A significant number of patients having minimal and mild degree of hearing loss, which if managed properly, improve to preinjury status. DpOAE testing should be used as screening and fo
... See moreSumit Bansal • Assessment of Hearing Loss in Minor Head Injury: A Prospective Study
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.