CNN: "Hearing aids may reduce your risk of dementia by half, study says"

A white man in his thirties with a shaved head and beard smiles as his ear is examined by an audiologist. She is a white woman with gray hair and black-rimmed glasses and using a scope tool to look inside his ear.

CNN reports that a new study published in The Lancet indicates that hearing aids may cut your risk of dementia in half.

“That was very impressive to see that in the unhealthy individuals they were able to slow the rate of cognitive decline by 48%.”
— Dr. Thomas Holland, physician scientist at the Rush Institute for Health Aging.

The study indicated that hearing aids weren’t the only factor in decreasing the risks for dementia, but were one of the first lines of defense.

“Even if you have only mild hearing loss, use an aid. It is a simple, effective and practically risk-free method to preserve your cognition as much as possible.”
— Dr. Benjamin Tan, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore

Want to learn more about this study? Read the full story on CNN.

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