Deafness Increases Risk Of Dementia

American experts have claimed that deafness increases the risk of dementia in old age.

 

Experts from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, an American medical research institution, researched the relationship between dementia and deafness in old age.

 

During the research, experts examined the daily routines of 2,400 people and the diseases they suffered from.

 

Of the 2,400 people the experts included in their research, half of them were over 80 years old.

 

In the course of the research, it was revealed that those who lost or lost hearing in old age were 61 percent more likely to develop dementia than those who could hear well.

Alison Huang, the head of the research team, says the research improves observations regarding the link between hearing loss and dementia.

 

Experts believe that their research has revealed a link between deafness and dementia, but more research is needed for conclusive results in this regard.