I have already written about the so far poorly understood link between hearing loss and dementia.
In the last year or so more articles have appeared in reliable health journals and newspapers about this. Unfortunately, we still don't know why and the connection between these two conditions is still there. The New York Times published an article adapted from the book Shouting Won’t Help: Why I — and 50 Million Other Americans — Can’t Hear You,” by Katherine Bouton.
A salient point in this article is the fact that it's not clear whether hearing aids can help stop this deterioration.
Couldn't this have more to do with the fact that both hearing loss and dementia are associated with older people? As a result, one would obviously be correlated to the other!
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Good thinking Ram! Causality vs Correlation. I sure hope you're right. Thanks for your input.
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