{"id":982,"date":"2021-12-01T05:21:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T11:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hearingfocused.com\/?p=982"},"modified":"2021-11-01T17:23:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-01T22:23:13","slug":"new-study-reveals-hearing-aids-slow-cognitive-decline-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hearingfocused.com\/new-study-reveals-hearing-aids-slow-cognitive-decline-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New Study Reveals Hearing Aids Slow Cognitive Decline"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A&nbsp;recent&nbsp;study published in the&nbsp;<em>Journal of the American Geriatrics Society<\/em>&nbsp;further supports existing evidence that&nbsp;wearing&nbsp;hearing aids can&nbsp;help&nbsp;slow cognitive decline in elderly patients.<sup>1<\/sup>&nbsp;There are generally two schools of thought when it comes to the relationship&nbsp;between hearing and cognition:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The&nbsp;<strong>common cause hypothesis<\/strong>&nbsp;states&nbsp;that hearing loss and cognitive decline both involve age-related problems, such as tissue degeneration of the central nervous system.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>The&nbsp;<strong>cascade hypothesis<\/strong>&nbsp;theorizes that over time, untreated hearing loss results in inadequate brain stimulation, leading to cognitive decline.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;study referenced above involved&nbsp;2,040 hearing aid users who self-reported symptoms over 18 years. Results showed that while episodic memory did decline with age for most users, the rate of cognitive decline was slower for patients who&nbsp;used&nbsp;hearing devices. These results were adjusted by researchers to account for overall health, socioeconomic status and other demographic characteristics.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The results of this study support the cascade hypothesis; researchers state&nbsp;that hearing aids provide individuals with improved auditory input, which delays cognitive decline&nbsp;\u201cby preventing the adverse effects of auditory deprivation&nbsp;or&nbsp;facilitating lower levels of depression symptoms, greater social engagement and higher self-efficacy.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The key takeaways of the study include the following:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>While hearing aids do not prevent cognitive decline, mounting evidence suggests that&nbsp;they&nbsp;can slow it down.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Patients who wear hearing aids are less likely to be depressed and more likely to be socially engaged and self-confident in their communication abilities.&nbsp;Social engagement and physical activity helps stave off cognitive decline&nbsp;and dementia.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><li>Hearing aids fitted by an expert audiologist should be recommended for patients even in the early stages of hearing loss.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Concerned you or a loved one may have hearing loss? Contact our Hearing Focused team at <a href=\"tel:+12626798888\">(262) 679-8888<\/a> to schedule your appointment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><sup>1<\/sup>&nbsp;Maharani, A., Dawes, P.,&nbsp;et al. (2018).&nbsp;Longitudinal relationship between hearing aid use and cognitive function in older Americans. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/29637544\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/29637544\/<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A&nbsp;recent&nbsp;study published in the&nbsp;Journal of the American Geriatrics Society&nbsp;further supports existing evidence that&nbsp;wearing&nbsp;hearing aids can&nbsp;help&nbsp;slow cognitive decline in elderly patients.1&nbsp;There are generally two schools of thought when it comes to the relationship&nbsp;between hearing and cognition:&nbsp;&nbsp; The&nbsp;common cause hypothesis&nbsp;states&nbsp;that hearing loss and cognitive decline both involve age-related problems, such as tissue degeneration of the central nervous&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - 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