Study finds how hearing loss raises risk of dementia

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Odense [Denmark], January 5 (ANI): People with hearing loss use more energy listening..

Cognitive functions are the mental processes in the brain that allow us to think and solve issues...

Researchers from the Department of Clinical Research at the University of Southern Denmark discovered a relationship between hearing loss and the development of dementia in a recent study that included data from 573,088 persons..

Our study is larger than the previous studies, and we have demonstrated a link between hearing loss and dementia, says Assistant Professor Manuella Lech Cantuaria from the Department of Clinical Research at the University of Southern Denmark...

The results of the study show that people affected by hearing loss have up to a 13% higher risk of developing dementia compared to people with normal hearing..

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