Difficulty Hearing Speech May be Risk Factor for Dementia, According to Large New Study
According to the World Health Organization, hearing loss affects around 1.5 billion individuals worldwide, and there is growing evidence that this could increase the risk of dementia. A major component of hearing loss is difficulty hearing speech in noisy environments (speech-in-noise hearing impairment). This can have a large impact on the day-to-day functioning of affected…
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Study: Having Both Hearing Loss and Vision Loss May Double Dementia Risk
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA – Losing some hearing or eyesight is often a part of getting older, but a new study says losing function in both senses may put you at greater risk of dementia and cognitive decline years later. The research is published in the April 7, 2021, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of…
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Study Finds Self-Reported Hearing Loss Linked to Increased Risk of Dementia
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — A six-year study of older Australians in the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) Sydney Memory and Ageing Study has uncovered an association between the impact of hearing loss on cognitive abilities and increased risk for dementia. In Australia, hearing loss affects 74% of people aged over 70. International studies estimate that…
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Cognito Therapeutics Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for Light and Sound Therapy in Alzheimer’s Disease
CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSSETTS — Cognito Therapeutics, a clinical-stage company leading the development of a new class of disease-modifying digital therapeutics to treat neurodegenerative disorders, announced this week that its lead product has received Breakthrough Device Designation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of cognitive and functional symptoms associated with Alzheimer’s disease.…
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Can Treating Hearing Loss Sooner Stave off or Slow Down Dementia? New Clinical Trial Aims to Find Out
Ear Science Institute Australia are leading a world-first, Western Australian study investigating whether treating hearing loss sooner can stave off or slow down dementia, loneliness, anxiety and depression. A 24-month randomized clinical trial will begin soon and will see a multi-disciplinary team of Western Australian researchers and healthcare workers joining forces to find out if…
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Researchers Propose New Theory on How Untreated Hearing Loss May Lead to Dementia
Hearing loss has been shown to be linked to dementia in epidemiological studies and in a recently published article in the journal Neuron, a team at Newcastle University provide a new theory to explain how a disorder of the ear can lead to dementia. It is hoped that this new understanding may be a significant…
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HHTM News Round Up: A Synopsis of Recent Hearing Research Studies
This week HHTM offers readers a synopsis of some of the latest hearing research: Study Shows Relationship Between Early Hearing Loss and Alzheimer Disease Columbia University researchers, using the audiogram, word recognition scores and positron emission tomography (PET) scans were able to associate hearing loss of early onset and the presence of β-amyloid,…
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UK Study Finds Hearing Loss in Patients Taking Cognitive Tests May Result in Misdiagnosis of Dementia
The early and correct diagnosis of a cognitive impairment – such as dementia – is crucial as it allows interventions and treatments that may slow the progression of a patient’s symptoms to be quickly put in place. However, a new study by Loughborough University researcher Dr Christian Füllgrabe further supports that age-related hearing loss can negatively…
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New Study Suggests Age-Related Hearing Loss Contributes to Memory Loss
A team of neuroscience researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) in Germany examined what happens in the brain when hearing gradually deteriorates over time. What they discovered was that key areas of the brain are reorganized, and this has a negative effect on memory. The results of the study were published last month in journal Cerebral…
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Hearing Loss in Middle Age Doubles Risk of Dementia: Study
Hearing loss in middle age was found to be associated with higher odds of cognitive decline and dementia later in life, according to a large study conducted in Taiwan published in JAMA Network Open on July 31st. Using data from more than 16,000 men and women, researchers found that a new diagnosis of hearing loss…
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