A growing body of research has increasingly connected hearing loss with a higher risk for dementia. In addition, some studies suggest that wearing hearing aids may help prevent dementia, though one ...

Hearing loss may worsen cognitive decline in older adults and increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. Treatments like hearing aids and assistive listening devices can ...

Scientists are discovering that hearing loss isn’t just an inconvenience that makes conversations difficult – it’s actually accelerating brain aging and cognitive decline in ways that could triple the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am an RN-Attorney with significant experience in both professions. When you speak to your aging parent, do they keep saying, ...

If your hearing begins to decline, your risk of falling may rise. Research shows older adults with mild hearing loss are at a greater risk — more than double — of falling. Though it's not exactly ...

Hearing loss. It makes you imagine someone turning the volume up too high or constantly asking people to repeat themselves. Yet it’s actually connected to how the brain itself changes. Sadly, millions ...

Hearing loss affects more than just your ears — it can lead to isolation, mental fatigue, and even depression. Social withdrawal has real health risks, including higher chances of falls, cognitive ...

Millennials are the “hearing loss generation” — you heard it here first. Some 1.1 billion young people are at risk of permanent hearing loss, the World Health Organization warns. One study suggested ...