Wearing hearing aids could reduce your risk of dying earlier
For people with hearing loss, regular use of hearing aids is linked to a 24 percent lower mortality risk vs. not wearing them at all
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For people with hearing loss, regular use of hearing aids is linked to a 24 percent lower mortality risk vs. not wearing them at all
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Santiago Urquijo/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Regular use of hearing aids is associated with decreased death rates in U.S. adults with hearing loss, a new study out of USC found. The findings highlight the importance of encouraging people to use hearing aids and of ensuring everyone who needs hearing aids can get them, according to the study's authors. "Hearing is so important for just maintaining health across our life course," said Dr. Frank Lin, director of the Cochlear Center for Hearing and Public Health at Johns Hopkins and an author on the study. The World Health Organization est...