From: Frank R Lin, MD, PhD assistant professor division of otology, neurotology and skull base surgery,
at Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore.
Hearing loss raised the risk of dementia. A recent study that tracked more than 600 adults for
approximately 12 years found that every 10 decibels of hearing loss made participants 20%
more likely to develop cognitive problems associated with dementia and Alzheimer's.
Researchers are trying to determine whether hearing decline is actually a cause of dementia
or a symptom. Publsihed in Bottom Line Personal Sept. 2011
Professional help for mature adults and their caring but exhausted families.
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