Risk of dementia grows as hearing loss accelerates, scientists warn
People are at higher risk of dementia if they first develop hearing difficulties, according to a new study taking in over half a million people. Not only is going deaf linked with cognitive decline, the Denmark-based researchers found that using hearing aids could help prevent or delay the onset and progression of dementia or Alzheimer’s Disease. The team tracked around 573,000 people, including over 23,000 dementia patients, living in southern Denmark from 2003 to 2017. "Severe hearing loss in