Dementia: Seniors With Significant Hearing Loss Have A Higher Chance Of Being Diagnosed With The Condition
According to US research, dementia is more likely to develop in elderly persons who have significant hearing loss.
A recent US scientific research found that older persons with more significant hearing loss are more likely to be given a dementia diagnosis. However, people who use hearing aids run a decreased risk.
Data on 2,413 people were examined by researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health in Baltimore, under the direction of Dr. Alison Huang of the Department of Epidemiology. The findings were published in the American medical journal JAMA (Journal of American Medical Association) (half over the age of 80). They backed up other research’ results that hearing loss increases the risk of dementia over time.
Dementia Risk Is Higher In Seniors With Profound Hearing Loss
According to the latest research, dementia diagnoses were 61% more common among older adults with moderate to severe hearing loss compared to those who had normal hearing. In those with moderate to severe hearing loss, the risk of dementia was 32% reduced if a hearing aid was used.
A condition that affects roughly two-thirds of adults beyond the age of 70 is hearing loss. The research calculates that hearing loss has a direct causal relationship with 8% of dementia cases globally.
Therefore, it is believed that treating hearing issues in older people would lower their risk of dementia. Even though a number of potential molecular explanations have been put up, it is still unclear how dementia and hearing loss are related.
