Human Growth and Development / Unit 13 HGD 1807 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Hearing Aids and Cognition
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The idea
Only about sixteen percent of US adults aged twenty to sixty-nine who could benefit from hearing aids have ever used them, according to the NIDCD.
In practice
Access and cost cited as barriers, while untreated loss strains work and social life.
Where people slip
Hearing-aid users show less cognitive decline in meta-analysis, an association that trials have not firmly confirmed.
Your place on the trail
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