Older adults with more severe hearing loss are more likely to have dementia, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, but instances of dementia were lower among study participants who used hearing aids.
in the peer-reviewed journal JAMA on Jan. 10., say that past studies were limited because they were"vulnerable to selection bias" — using self-reported data that may not have provided an accurate look at hearing loss and dementia on a national scale.
The study, funded by the National Institute on Aging, analyzed a national dataset from the National Health and Aging Trends Study, which has been ongoing since 2011. This study's analysis covered 2,413 individuals, about half of whom were over 80,"and showed a clear association between severity of hearing loss and dementia,"
“We’re encouraged by seeing an association between hearing aid use and lower prevalence of dementia, which builds support for public health action to improve hearing care access,” Huang told Yahoo News.
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