Reporting by Meghana Ravi
Photo by John D'Cruz
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine are exploring a new link between age-related hearing loss and dementia in older adults. Current reports suggest hearing loss in older adults increases risk of dementia.
Dementia is a group of symptoms involving memory loss, language loss, and the impairment of other cognitive abilities. Currently, around 6.2 million Americans over 65 are living with Alzheimer’s, the most common form of dementia; That number is estimated to increase to 14 million by 2060.
Hearing loss also affects millions of Americans. According to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders....
Read the original article on The Johns Hopkins News-Letter here.
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