The Link Between Alzheimer’s And Hearing Loss

Aging naturally brings with it a bevy of side effects- going bald or grey, getting a few wrinkles, maybe needing reading glasses. For a long time, hearing loss and memory loss have been included in that list of inevitable side effects of aging; however, recent research shows that there may be a correlation between Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Alzheimer’s disease and hearing loss have many symptoms in common, and in fact, a study at Johns Hopkins found that among people over the age of 60, hearing loss accounted for over one-third of the risk of developing dementia and Alzheimer’s.

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