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newsGP – Hearing loss associated with increased dementia risk: Study – RACGP

But it’s not all bad news. Study co-author Professor Henry Brodaty speaks to newsGP about how GPs can help patients be proactive.

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But it’s not all bad news. Study co-author Professor Henry Brodaty speaks to newsGP about how GPs can help patients be proactive.
Emerging studies have shown that hearing aids may reduce the heightened risk of dementia.
In Australia, hearing loss affects 74% of people aged over 70, and has been identified as one of 12 lifestyle risk factors that account for 40% of dementia cases.But now researchers have confirmed, for the first time among Australian cohorts, just how significant the association…

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