Hearing-aids and eye surgery slows cognitive decline in elderly
Posted by Josh Taylor / October 23, 2018
By the time you’re 40, you’ve got a 10% chance of experiencing hearing loss. It happens so gradually that you don’t even know it’s happening. By the time hearing loss becomes apparent, you may already be suffering from age-related memory loss. Researchers found something interesting recently: using hearing aids or getting corrective eye surgery slows that decline. “Stimulating your ears stimulates the nerves that stimulate your brain,” says one of the experts. The rate of decline slows by 75% after using hearing aids, and 30% after cataract surgery.
Full story at NPR.
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