Hearing loss was associated with an increased risk for Parkinson’s disease over 10 years, but early use of hearing aids reduced this risk, a new study shows.
is associated with a 26% higher risk for Parkinson ’s disease , although hearing aid s helped mitigate the risk, a new study shows.Researchers analyzed electronic health record data on about 3.6 million veterans from the US Department of Veterans Affairs.Participants were categorized on the basis of hearing loss severity: mild , moderate , moderate to severe , and severe to profound .
Receipt of a hearing aid was associated with a significant decrease in incident PD as early as 1 year after the audiogram in those who received a hearing aid, both among all individuals and the subgroup with impaired hearing.
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