Email: 
Password: 
Register
Menu ▼
Home Local News Special Report Up Close Regular Features Commentary Cartoon Contact Location
Local News Special Report Up Close Regular Features eEdition Special Publications  
Featured Stories:  
Post Falls development anchored by Cabela's changes hands            |            Spokane Valley is short on funds for Sullivan Road bridge project            |            Upgrades at Garco Building Systems fuel growth            |            Associated Painters shelves construction of second hangar            |            Four-story, $6 million mixed-use project mulled near Gonzaga            |            Spokane Valley moves ahead with design of Appleway Trail            |            Small Business Watch            |            Feeding Fido from afar            |            Roundy's motor-sport dealership to close; Mead school district buys building            |            Wage gap in Spokane lingers compared with Washington state, U.S.            |            Inland Group, Kalispel tribe plan $23 million housing complex in Airway Heights            |            Improving baseball fan experience            |            Vivint to expand into Spokane, hire 400 in 18 months            |            New owners to restore old Plantation restaurant in the Valley            Meridian affiliate buys building on lower South Hill            |            Health exchange call center operator takes Valley space            |            Garco apparent low bidder for county bridge project            |            Halme apparent low bidder on South Hill water project            |            EWU to build recycling center on its campus            |            Low-income senior project in Valley secures funding            |            HUD to close Spokane office in consolidation            |            CHAS clinic transforms on North Side - Art only            |            West Side-based security concern opens Valley outlet            |            ML Architect sees spike in multifamily projects            |            East Valley Construction starts $1.4 million project            |            Price-point diversity drives momentum at Lewis Construction            |            Construction jobs increase in Spokane            |            Graham wins $14.3 million Finch construction project            |            Coeur d'Alene school district awards $9.2 million in project            |            Shamrock garners project to repave stretch of SR 291            Breast reconstruction benefits from surgical advances            |            Pelvic prolapse procedure's success rate found lacking            |            Postpartum depression support expands in Spokane            |            Women in 40s not reducing rate of mammograms            |            Gold particles could help ovarian cancer            |            As obesity, diabetes rise, perinatal services grow here           
Special Report - Special Report - February 28, 2013
Hearing loss may lead to cognitive decline, study finds
Memory, ability to think shown to worsen faster in analysis of older adults

Newswise

Older adults with hearing loss are more likely to develop problems thinking and remembering than older adults whose hearing is normal, according to a new study by hearing experts at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins University.

In the study, volunteers with hearing loss, undergoing repeated cognition tests during six years, had cognitive abilities that declined some 30 percent to 40 percent faster than in those whose hearing was normal.

Levels of declining brain function...


Article Options:
Purchase Full Article - $1.50   |   Subscribe Online   |   Current Subscribers: Login


If you are a subscriber or have purchased this article, please login to view this article in it's entirety.

Subscribers have access to articles up to one year old. Purchased articles can be accessed in your account for 30 days.

Have questions or comments about this article?