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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...
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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...
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