{"id":1219,"date":"2021-07-29T14:55:47","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T19:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hearinghealthcenters.net\/?p=1219"},"modified":"2021-07-29T14:55:47","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T19:55:47","slug":"the-relationship-between-hearing-loss-dementia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nelsonhearing.com\/the-relationship-between-hearing-loss-dementia\/","title":{"rendered":"The Relationship Between Hearing Loss & Dementia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hearing loss impacts your ability to communicate with loved ones and interact with the world around you. But did you know that it can also cost you your precious memories, like family picnics at Bacon Creek Park<\/a>? Studies show that untreated hearing loss increases your risk of dementia and other forms of cognitive decline.<\/p>\n

About the Studies\"An<\/h2>\n

Much research about the link between hearing loss<\/a> and dementia has come from Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.<\/p>\n

2011 Study<\/h3>\n

A study from 2011<\/a> conducted in partnership with the National Institute on Aging found that seniors with hearing loss are significantly more likely to develop dementia over time than those with normal hearing.<\/p>\n

The study examined data from 639 patients whose hearing and cognition were tested between 1990 and 1994 as part of the Baltimore Longitudinal Study on Aging (BLSA). A quarter of the participants had some degree of hearing loss at the start of the study, and none had dementia.<\/p>\n

The volunteers\u2019 hearing and cognitive abilities were retested every one to two years until 2008, at which point 58 had developed dementia. Compared to those with normal hearing loss, those with:<\/p>\n