Untreated hearing loss ranks as the single largest modifiable risk factor for dementia, outweighing smoking, high blood ...

Adults aged 50 to 74 who began using hearing aids showed lower rates of incident dementia across follow-up periods stretching ...

New research on dementia risk factors is pushing readers to look at everyday habits differently, after the Lancet Commission’s 2024 update identified 14 modifiable behaviors and conditions that could ...

If your dad starts leaning in more when you talk, cupping his ear, asking “what?” or skipping dinner plans with friends, don’t ignore it. These subtle shifts could be signs of age-related hearing loss ...

One in three dementia cases could be prevented with something as simple as treating hearing loss. As scientists present compelling new data linking hearing loss to cognitive decline, the U.S. Supreme ...

A multi‑institution research team including Columbia, Vanderbilt, Johns Hopkins and others, report that nearly one in three new dementia cases in older adults is associated with hearing loss, based on ...

We’re all ears for promising developments in staving off Alzheimer’s. Dementia affects more than 6 million Americans and accounts for more than 100,000 deaths each year, with a startling NYU Langone ...

Audiometry-measured hearing loss in older adults accounted for up to 32% of incident dementia cases over 8 years in new research, significantly larger than previously reported estimates. Investigators ...

What would be your best estimate of the number of people in the United States with significant hearing loss? You may be as surprised as I was to learn the answer: about 73 million, or approximately 1 ...

Converging evidence suggests that hearing loss during midlife increases a person’s odds of getting dementia. Now, research from Johns Hopkins’ Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, suggests ...

Adults with both epilepsy and hearing loss who use hearing aids may have a 23% lower risk of developing dementia than those who do not, according to new research presented at the European Academy of ...