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Did you know that Dementia is linked to Hearing Loss?
Experts agree that a connection exists between hearing loss and an increased risk for dementia. Keep reading to learn how you can help protect yourself or a loved one. Or contact our clinic to speak to an expert.
What’s the Link Between Alzheimer’s Disease and Hearing Loss?
Consider the findings of a 12-year study by researchers at Johns Hopkins¹:
- Mild hearing loss doubled an adult’s risk of dementia
- Moderate hearing loss tripled the risk
- Severe hearing impairment made adults five times more likely to develop dementia
Though the exact nature of this connection is still being explored by researchers, studies suggest hearing loss may change the brain in two notable ways: brain atrophy and brain overload.
Hearing Loss & Brain Atrophy
When the parts of the brain responsible for hearing are no longer stimulated by everyday sounds, they become less active. Similar to how muscles shrink when you stop exercising, these changes can be characterized as atrophy and contribute to cognitive decline.
Hearing Loss & Brain Overload
When it is difficult to hear, the brain must work overtime just to process auditory details. Constantly straining to hear can deplete the mental energy needed for crucial cognitive functions, such as problem solving and memory—and that can lead to further cognitive decline.
How Can Hearing Aids Help?
Experts have found that hearing aids can slow the rate of cognitive decline and improve the quality of life for people with dementia and hearing loss.² In addition, hearing aids can help to alleviate feelings of loneliness or depression that sometimes arise unexpectedly later in life.
Our hearing care professional can walk you through options that suit your particular hearing needs. Our hearing aids are available in a range of styles to suit a variety of lifestyles, ages and types of hearing loss.
At Beltone Hearing Care Center, we offer:
FREE Hearing Tests
FREE Lifetime Service
Personalized Support
Beltone Hearing Care Center – Flemington Office
Address:18 Commerce St
Flemington, NJ 08822
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Phone:(908) 751-1291
We’re open Monday through Friday from 9:00am – 5:00pm, closed on Saturday and Sunday.