Untreated hearing loss increases dementia risk in middle-aged and older adults, new research confirms.
The data also suggest that the protection against dementia conferred by hearing aid use most likely stems from direct effects from hearing aids rather than indirect mediators, such as social isolation, loneliness, and low mood.
, Gill Livingston, MD, and Sergi Costafreda, MD, PhD, with University College London, note that with addition of this study,"the evidence that hearing aids are a powerful tool to reduce the risk of dementia in people with hearing loss, is as good as possible without randomized controlled trials, which might not be practically possible or ethical because people with hearing loss should not be stopped from using effective treatments.
"This raises the possibility that a proportion of dementia cases could be prevented by using hearing aids to correct hearing loss. However, the observational nature of this study makes it difficult to be sure that hearing aids are actually causing the reduced risk of dementia," Marshall added. Tara Spires-Jones, PhD, with the University of Edinburgh, said this"well-conducted" study confirms previous similar studies showing an association between hearing loss and dementia risk.
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