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Hearing Aid Usage and Reduced Risk of Dementia Linked in Study

Dementia Elderly

Hearing and Dementia linked in previous studies By Shannon Aiello, Doctor of Audiology, Columbia Basin Hearing Center The Columbia Basin Hearing Center doctors recently attended a presentation introducing a groundbreaking study linking hearing aid usage and a reduction in the risk of dementia presented by Helen Amieva, Ph.D. The long term study, done at the […]

Hearing Loss, Hearing Aids, and Cognition

In 2011, a study by Johns Hopkins and National Institute on Aging researchers suggested that seniors with hearing loss are significantly more likely to develop dementia over time than those who retain their hearing.

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