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Your grandmother can’t afford a hearing aid. The FDA wants to fix that, but Senators Elizabeth Warren and Chuck Grassley say legacy manufacturers are trying to block the way.

NEW YORK — People with hearing loss have a new ally in their efforts to navigate the world: Captions that aren’t limited to their television screens and streaming services.

Why captions are suddenly everywhere and how they got there | 2022-06-27 15:01:38

NEW YORK (AP) — People with hearing loss have a new ally in their efforts to navigate the world: Captions that aren’t limited to their television screens and streaming services. The COVID pandemic disrupted daily life for people everywhere, but many of those with hearing loss took the resulting isolation especially hard.

On social media platforms, but also in Zoom meetings and movie theaters, captions and subtitles are spreading. People with hearing loss welcome the move and hope that the initiative, started during the pandemic, continues.

People with hearing loss have a new ally in their efforts to navigate the world: Captions that arent limited to their television screens and streaming services.

Impaired vision is an underrecognized and modifiable dementia risk factor in older adults.

Nearly 100,000 dementia cases potentially could have been prevented with better eye care

Hearing loss is the largest modifiable risk factor for developing dementia, exceeding that of smoking, high blood pressure, lack of exercise and social isolation.

KN earnings call for the period ending November 30, 2021.